Antoneita Alicia Hall

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

The Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council found Antoneita Hall guilty of professional misconduct for breaching Canon VI(d) by failing to honour a professional undertaking given to the National Commercial Bank to pay outstanding maintenance fees ($369,764.24) on an apartment she sold to the complainant. She made only partial payment in March 2025, some 18 months late and after the complaint was filed, leaving a balance of $20,543.24 unpaid. The Panel expressly noted the delay reflected a lack of integrity, but stated dishonesty was not established. Applying Fuglers and Bolton principles, the Panel found a fine alone insufficient but striking off disproportionate, and imposed a six-month suspension plus costs of $200,000 ($150,000 to the GLC, $50,000 to the complainant).

Duties found breached:

• Honour professional undertakings

Aggravating factors:

• Approximately 18-month delay in honouring the undertaking, even if only in part
• Partial payment made only under pressure (after complaint filed and email from complainant's brother), more likely from pressure than conscience
• Outstanding balance of $20,543.24 remained unpaid with no further payment
• Attorney, though aware of the complaint, did not participate in the proceedings or offer any explanation

Mitigating factors:

• No previous findings of misconduct against the Attorney

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["review_dishonesty_finding_cue_present"]