Joseph Anthony Allen
Allegation / charges
Struck off, Restitution Ordered | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered October 14, 2010. View PDF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEEOF THE GENERAL LEGAL COMPLAINT NO.: 65/2010 BETWEEN DENNIS WHITE COMPLAINANT AND JOSEPH ALLEN RESPONDENT PANEL:ALLAN S. WOOD, Q.C. JOHN GRAHAM …
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The Respondent attorney was retained to pursue an accident claim and negotiated a settlement of JMD 497,500.01, which he collected on 23 October 2009 but failed to pay over to the Complainant. He did not attend the hearing. The Panel found beyond reasonable doubt that he failed to account for client funds and committed an act of outright dishonesty. He was struck off the Roll, ordered to make restitution of JMD 497,500.01 plus 8% interest from 23 October 2009, and to pay costs of JMD 20,000.
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Failure to pay over any part of client funds
- Discarded the complaint letter (hissed teeth and threw it in the garbage bin)
- Failure to attend or respond to the proceedings
Duties engaged
Other decisions involving this respondent
Matched by respondent name — may include a different person with the same name.
Documents
Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/joseph-anthony-allen-complaint-no-65-of-2010-2/