Past disciplinary findings

Jonathan Black-Branch, a barrister, behaved in a way which could reasonably be seen by the public to undermine his honesty and/or integrity, and such conduct was likely to diminish the trust and confidence which the public places in him or in the profession, in that, on 15 December 2023, the Discipline Committee of The Law Society of Manitoba, the regulatory body for lawyers in Manitoba Canada, of which he was a member, found that between 20 April 2017 and February 2020 he misappropriated approximately $600,000 (CDN) from the University of Manitoba (the University) and/or the Marcel A. Desautels Centre for Private Enterprise and the Law (the Centre), when he was the dean of the Law School at the University and/or the Chair and Director of the Centre.
Jonathan Black-Branch, a barrister, failed to be open and co-operative with his regulator, the Bar Standards Board, in that he did not report promptly or at all to the Bar Standards Board that he was the subject of disciplinary proceedings by The Law Society of Manitoba, the regulatory body for lawyers in Manitoba Canada, of which he was a member, after being made aware of the proceedings on or around 18 August 2021.
Jonathan Black-Branch, a barrister, behaved in a way that was likely to diminish the trust and confidence which the public places in him or in the profession, in that he did not report promptly or at all to the Bar Standards Board that he was the subject of disciplinary proceedings by The Law Society of Manitoba, the regulatory body for lawyers in Manitoba Canada, of which he was a member, after being made aware of the proceedings on or around 18 August 2021.
Jonathan Black-Branch, a barrister, failed to be open and co-operative with his regulator, the Bar Standards Board, in that he did not report promptly or at all to the Bar Standards Board that he was the subject of enforcement action by The Law Society of Manitoba, the regulatory body for lawyers in Manitoba Canada, of which he was a member.
Jonathan Black-Branch, a barrister, behaved in a way that was likely to diminish the trust and confidence which the public places in him or in the profession, in that he did not report promptly or at all to the Bar Standards Board that he was the subject of enforcement action by The Law Society of Manitoba, the regulatory body for lawyers in Manitoba Canada, of which he was a member.