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Carlton H. Campbell

JurisdictionJamaica
BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)
Professionattorney
Case number76 of 1998
DateJune 30, 2001
OutcomeSuspended, Investigation ordered

Allegation / charges

Suspended, Investigation ordered | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered June 30, 2001. View PDF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCILCOMPLAINT No. 76/98 BETWEEN ETHELINE EDWARDS COMPLAINANT AND CARLTON CAMPBELL RESPONDENT PANEL:MRS. MARGARETTE MACAULAY MRS. MERLIN BASSIE …

Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision

SanctionSuspension
Suspension6 months
Dishonesty foundNo

Attorney Carlton Campbell was retained in 1976 to complete a land sale and probate Frederick Edwards' estate but for ~25 years failed to complete the work or provide any information/accounting to beneficiaries. He did not attend the hearing. The Committee found a breach of Canon IV(r) and suspended him for 6 months, ordered delivery of documents, an investigation of his accounts at his cost, and costs of $50,000 to the complainant and $20,000 to the GLC. No express finding of dishonesty was made.

Duties found breached:

Aggravating factors:

  • Approximately 25 years of delay
  • Failure to attend the hearing despite adjournment
  • Failure to account for purchase money received

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_costs_amount=70000"]

Duties engaged

Other decisions involving this respondent

  • 160 of 2007 2011-12-03 · GLC · Jamaica · Fined, Restitution ordered
  • 234 of 2002 2010-03-28 · GLC · Jamaica · Compensation
  • 133 of 1997 2001-10-20 · GLC · Jamaica · Restitution & Repayment ordered, Fined
  • 181 of 1996 1999-05-29 · GLC · Jamaica · Fined
  • 154 of 1995 1998-10-03 · GLC · Jamaica · Fined

Matched by respondent name — may include a different person with the same name.

Documents

Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/carlton-h-campbell-complaint-no-76-of-1998/