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Lancelot A. St. Martin Cowan

JurisdictionJamaica
BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)
Professionattorney
Case number39 of 2019
DateOctober 23, 2021
OutcomeRestitution ordered

Allegation / charges

Restitution ordered | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered October 23, 2021. || Guilty of Professional Misconduct | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered July 10, 2021. View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT NO: 39/2019 …

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

SanctionOther
Dishonesty foundNo

The Disciplinary Committee found Attorney Lancelot Cowan guilty of professional misconduct for failing to account to the Complainant for monies held on her behalf, in breach of Canon VII(b)(ii) and Canon I(b). No express finding of dishonesty was made. The Committee ordered restitution of US$42,770.12 to the Complainant, refused the application for stay of execution, and made no order as to costs.

Duties found breached:

Duties engaged

Other decisions involving this respondent

  • 39 of 2019 2021-07-10 · GLC · Jamaica · Guilty of Professional Misconduct
  • 17 of 2016 2018-09-20 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck off
  • 17 of 2016 2018-03-14 · GLC · Jamaica · Guilty of Professional Misconduct
  • 167 of 2004 2006-03-04 · GLC · Jamaica · Fined

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Documents

Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/lancelot-a-st-martin-cowan-complaint-no-39-of-2019-formal-order/