Antonnette Haughton Cardenas
Allegation / charges
Already Struck off | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered February 05, 2011. View PDF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT NO. 3 OF 2010 IN THE MATTER OF A COMPLAINT BY ISMORE GORDON vs ANTONNETTE …
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
Attorney Antonnette Haughton-Cardenas was instructed in 1997 to pursue claims arising from a collision that killed one child and injured others of the complainant. She filed the claims and received monies, but failed to keep the complainant informed of the progress of his matters despite repeated requests, did not return his file, and moved offices without notice. The Committee found her guilty of professional misconduct, holding she did not provide sufficient information about the progress of the business when reasonably required and acted with inexcusable and deplorable negligence, in breach of Canons IV(r) and IV(s). Although the conduct could have warranted being struck off, the Panel could make no such order as she had already been struck off the Roll.
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Failed to appear at the hearing despite being properly served
- Failed to respond to requests for return of the file
- Moved office locations without informing the complainant
- Attorney had previously been struck off the Roll of Attorneys
Duties engaged
Other decisions involving this respondent
- 2 of 2006
- 63 of 2009
- 66 of 2009
- 49 of 2008
- 63 of 2009
- 131 of 2007
- 41 of 2007
- 45 of 2008
- 167 of 2003
- 82 of 2006
Matched by respondent name — may include a different person with the same name.
Documents
Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/antonnette-haughton-cardenas-complaint-no-3-of-2010/