REAL ESTATE COUNCIL OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
In the matter of the Real Estate Services Act
S.B.C. 2004 ch. 42
AND in the matter of a Consent Order pursuant to Section 41 of the Real Estate Services Act
Respondent: LESLIE NEIL WARK
File: 09-142
Date of Consent Order: January 21, 2010
Issue: Leslie Neil Wark, managing broker, Neil Wark Realty Inc., Delta (formerly known as Neil Wark Realty Inc. dba Re/Max Wark Realty), entered into a Consent Order with the Council in which he consented to an Order that he: (a) committed an act of conduct unbecoming a licensee under section 35(2) of the Real Estate Services Act as a result of his conviction on September 17, 2009 of four counts of indecent assault involving four young girls, contrary to section 141 [S.C. 1953, c. 51] and section 149 [R.S.C. 1970, c. C-34] of the Criminal Code, resulting in a Conditional Sentence Order of two-years-less-a-day, followed by a three year Probation Order; and (b) committed an act of professional misconduct within the meaning of section 35(1)(a) of the Real Estate Services Act in that he failed to promptly notify the Council in writing, in accordance with section 2-21(2) of the Council Rules, that he was charged on September 19, 2007 with various sexual offences under the Criminal Code.
Result: Leslie Neil Wark was suspended for six (6) months from March 17, 2010 to September 16, 2010 (inclusive) and was ordered to pay a discipline penalty to the Council in the amount of $1,000.00, and pay enforcement expenses to the Council in the amount of $1,000.00.
P: Feb 26, 2010 R: Feb 26, 2015