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M. Melbourne Silvera

JurisdictionJamaica
BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)
Professionattorney
Case number225 of 1991
DateMay 02, 1997
OutcomeSuspended, Restitution Ordered

Allegation / charges

Suspended, Restitution Ordered | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered May 02, 1997. View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL MADE ON COMPLAINTNO. 225 of 1991 IN THE MATTER OF VALERIE BROWN vs MELBOURNE SILVERA …

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

SanctionSuspension
Suspension9 months
Dishonesty foundNo

On complaint by Valerie Brown, the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council found attorney-at-law Melbourne Silvera guilty of misconduct in a professional respect. He was suspended for nine months from 9 March 1996 and ordered to pay the complainant JMD 20,000 in costs and JMD 30,000 in restitution. No express finding of dishonesty was made.

Duties found breached:

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_costs_amount=20000"]

Duties engaged

Other decisions involving this respondent

  • 143 of 1996 1997-11-22 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck off
  • 162 of 1990 1991-07-05 · GLC · Jamaica · Reprimanded, Fined

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Documents

Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/m-melbourne-silvera-complaint-no-225-of-1991/