Harold C. Brady

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

Attorney Harold Brady represented Factories Corporation of Jamaica in the sale of property for J$140,000,000. The full purchase price and one-half costs were paid to the Attorney, who acknowledged owing the Complainant J$142,616,761.56 (net proceeds with interest) as of 29 April 2014. He failed to remit the funds despite being requested to do so, paying only J$70,000,000 in two tranches (July and August 2014), leaving a balance of J$111,380,364.62 inclusive of interest as of 30 September 2016. He also failed to stamp the Agreement for Sale within 30 days, causing the Complainant to incur a 100% penalty of J$12,600,020. The tribunal found, to the criminal standard, that the Attorney misappropriated client monies and expressly found he acted dishonestly, in breach of Canons I(b) and VII(b) and guilty of professional misconduct under Canon VIII(d). The Attorney was repeatedly absent and elected to leave the hearing.

Duties found breached:

• Uphold public trust in the profession
• Continuity and handover of representation
• No conflict between current clients
• No improper use of client money
• Report serious misconduct of others

Aggravating factors:

• Misappropriation of a very large sum of client money
• Breach of trust and confidence placed in the attorney
• Client deprived of its money since April 2014
• Conduct caused loss to client and stained the reputation of the profession
• Attorney failed to comply with panel orders and repeatedly sought adjournments
• Attorney left the hearing mid-evidence and failed to challenge the evidence