Henry C. Johnson

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

The attorney was retained to represent the complainant in purchasing property in Negril. The complainant wired USD$66,070.00 covering a 25% deposit and estimated costs/fees. The attorney submitted a Jamaican-dollar deposit cheque that was dishonoured for insufficient funds, and despite promising to rectify the issue, failed to do so. The Committee found the attorney guilty of professional misconduct in breach of Canons 4(r), 4(s), 7(b)(ii) and 1(b). He was suspended from 19 September 2020 until 31 December 2020 on condition of reimbursing USD$13,000.00, ordered to pay JA$50,000.00 costs to the GLC and USD$350.00 costs to the complainant (total payable to complainant USD$13,350.00). No express finding of dishonesty was made.

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_suspension_months=3"]