John Anthony Thompson
Allegation / charges
Reprimanded, Reimbursement ordered, Fined | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered October 30, 2023. || Guilty of Professional Misconduct | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered May 17, 2023. View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL MADE …
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
Attorney John Thompson had carriage of sale of lots at Haughton Court, Hanover. The Complainant, who purchased Lot 23, instructed the Attorney in 2001 to cancel the sale of adjoining Lot 24 to her mother and siblings and complete the sale to her, paying a US$770.00 retainer. The Attorney did not cancel the agreement, instead completing the transfer to the mother/siblings 19 years later, failing to advise the Complainant he could not carry out her instructions until September 2020, and failing to refund the sums received. The Committee found him guilty of professional misconduct in breach of Canons IV(r) and IV(s). It found this did not warrant striking off and imposed a reprimand with financial orders.
Duties found breached:
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_costs_amount=350000"]