Hopeton Karl Clarke
Allegation / charges
Struck off | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered October 26, 2019. || RESULT: Appeal dismissed | Court of Appeal decision delivered March 12, 2021. View PDF JUDGMENT OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE SANCTION COMPLAINT NO: 137/2017 BETWEEN ALLAN WOOD, Q.C. COMPLAINANT …
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The respondent attorney Hopeton Karl Clarke was found guilty of serious professional misconduct involving failure to file any accountant's reports or declarations for 14 years and failure to pay practice fees for 5 years. He repeatedly failed to appear before the panel despite notice. The breaches remained unremedied. The panel, finding it could not represent him as a fit and proper person to practise, ordered his name struck from the Roll of Attorneys pursuant to section 12(4) of the Legal Profession Act.
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Failed to file accountant's reports or declarations for 14 years
- Failed to pay practice fees for 5 years
- Breaches not addressed or remedied despite opportunity during the proceedings
- Repeated failure to appear before the panel despite notice