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    10 months ago

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    is asking for a judge to step in and stop a Surrey, B.C., woman accused of posing as a lawyer and charging for legal services ranging from immigration claims to family disputes.

    The affidavit says the client only learned Dhaliwal’s real name and discovered she wasn’t a lawyer after turning to a community legal clinic for help.

    The former client’s affidavit says she turned to Dhaliwal for help after a legal aid lawyer allegedly agreed to a divorce order without her consent.

    Dhaliwal faced similar allegations in a small claims lawsuit filed in December by a man who says he paid her a $2,500 retainer to help him secure Canadian citizenship and handle a custody dispute with his ex-wife.

    His claim alleges that Dhaliwal did no work on his file in 22 months, and when she agreed to give him a partial refund, the cheque bounced.

    The claim also says that after more than a year without any progress on the file and several increasingly frustrated requests for updates, “Dhaliwal responded suddenly, explaining to the claimant that she was a paralegal, not a lawyer.”


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