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: DIANA SOO CHIEN LEW
File: 08-424
Date of Consent Order: August 9, 2010
Issue: Diana Soo Chien Lew, representative, Park Georgia Realty Ltd. (VnGra), Vancouver, entered into a Consent Order with the Council in which she consented to an Order that she committed professional misconduct within the meaning of section 35(1)(a) of the Real Estate Services Act by contravening section 7(3) of the Real Estate Services Act and section 3-4 of the Council Rules in that she: (a) provided rental property management services directly to the landlord, and apart from the brokerage with whom she was employed, by collecting rental payments on behalf of the landlord and managing landlord and tenant matters, contrary to section 7(3) of the Real Estate Services Act; and (b) did not act with reasonable care and skill when drafting the Offer to Lease by failing to specify the time frame in which the landlord was to provide the lease to the tenant, contrary to section 3-4 of the Council Rules.
Result: Diana Soo Chien Lew was suspended for twenty-one (21) days from October 6, 2010 to October 26, 2010 (inclusive), and was ordered to successfully complete the Trading Services Remedial Education Course and pay enforcement expenses to the Council in the amount of $1,000.00.
P: Sep 15, 20108 R: Sep 15, 2015