John Alexander Churchill Sinclair
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Fined | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered February 12, 1999. View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL MADE ON COMPLAINT NO. 176 OF 1995 IN THE MATTER OF MISS HAZEL STEER vs JOHN SINCLAIR …
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The Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council found attorney John Sinclair guilty of breaching Canons 4(r) and 4(s) by failing to keep his client (complainant Hazel Steer) advised of the progress of her matter and by inexcusable neglect in failing to bring the matter on for trial. The attorney did not appear. A fine of $150,000 was imposed (half to the complainant, half to the GLC), plus $8,000 costs to the complainant. No express finding of dishonesty was made.
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