Kevin Martin

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

Attorney Kevin Martin failed to pay over mortgage proceeds and breached undertakings to the Jamaica National Building Society across seven conveyancing transactions, failing to account for a total of $17,586,340.96. He did not appear at the hearing. The Committee found the charges proven beyond reasonable doubt and found the attorney guilty of grave dishonesty and professional misconduct, breaching Canons IV(r) and VII(b)(ii). He was struck off the Roll, ordered to pay restitution of $17,586,340.96 with interest, and costs of $50,000.00.

Duties found breached:

• No improper communication with the court
• Uphold public trust in the profession
• No improper use of client money

Aggravating factors:

• Grave dishonesty
• Course of conduct calculated to deprive the complainant of large sums of money
• Multiple transactions involving failure to pay over mortgage proceeds
• Breach of professional undertakings
• Criminal conviction in Resident Magistrate's Court relating to one transaction
• Failure to account for total sum of $17,586,340.96
• No response to repeated requests for account