Jermaine Ryan Simms

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

The Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council (Jamaica) found attorney Jermaine Simms guilty of professional misconduct on a complaint by Michael Gill under the Legal Profession Act 1971. The attorney failed to appear. The Committee found beyond a reasonable doubt the facts in the supporting affidavit, that the attorney failed to deal with the complainant's business with due expedition and failed to account for moneys held. The allegation of inexcusable or deplorable negligence was not proven. The attorney was struck off the Roll of Attorneys and ordered to pay JMD 50,000 toward the GLC's costs, with no order as to the complainant's costs.

Duties found breached:

• No improper communication with the court
• Prompt accounting and return of money
• No baseless or threatened misconduct report