Maisha Shamilla Wilson-Campbell
Allegation / charges
Suspended | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered July 01, 2025 || Guilty of Professional Misconduct | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered May 28, 2025. View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL MADE ON COMPLAINT NO: …
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The Attorney had carriage of sale of a property for the Complainants for fees of 2% of the sale price. She received the proceeds of sale in September 2022 but issued statements of account that misstated legal fees, added improper additional costs, and misrepresented (inflated) the amount paid for transfer tax. She failed to give a true account of monies held, failed to handle the business with due diligence, and failed to provide progress information. The Committee found her guilty of professional misconduct and expressly found she acted dishonestly in inflating the transfer tax sum. She was suspended for two years (commencing 31 October 2025) and ordered to pay costs of $150,000 to the General Legal Council.
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Acted dishonestly in inflating the sum paid as transfer tax
- Behaviour tending to discredit the profession
- Failed to give a true account of monies held