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Antoneita Alicia Hall

JurisdictionJamaica
BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)
Professionattorney
Case number177 of 2024
DateFebruary 28, 2026
OutcomeSuspended

Allegation / charges

Suspended | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered February 28, 2026. || Guilty of Misconduct in a Professional Respect | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered November 22, 2025. View PDF SANCTION DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT …

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

SanctionSuspension
CostsJMD 200,000
Dishonesty foundNo

The Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council found attorney Antoneita Hall guilty of professional misconduct for breach of Canon VI(d) for failing to fulfil a professional undertaking. As vendor of an apartment, she gave a professional undertaking to the National Commercial Bank to pay outstanding maintenance fees of $369,764.24 up to date of possession. Despite the undertaking and repeated demands, she made no payment until March 2025 (about 18 months later), and even then left a balance of $20,543.24 unpaid. The Panel found this reflected a lack of integrity and disregard for professional obligations. Considering a fine alone insufficient and striking off disproportionate, the Panel imposed a six-month suspension plus costs of $200,000.00. No express finding of dishonesty was made; the Panel referred only to a lack of integrity.

Duties found breached:

Aggravating factors:

  • 18-month delay in honouring the undertaking (only partially)
  • Partial payment made only under pressure after the complaint was filed, suggesting it was not done from conscience
  • Outstanding balance of $20,543.24 remains unpaid
  • Attorney did not participate in the proceedings despite being aware of the complaint, offering no explanation

Mitigating factors:

  • No previous findings of misconduct against the Attorney

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_suspension_months=6"]

Documents

Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/antoneita-alicia-hall-complaint-no-177-of-2024-sanction-hearing/