Michael A. Williams
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Restitution Ordered, Fined | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered December 13, 2008. View PDF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT No. 242 OF 2005 IN THE MATTER OF A COMPLAINT BY MILLICENT PORTER AGAINST MICHAEL …
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The Complainant retained the Respondent (who took over her matrimonial home case from his deceased brother in 2001) and paid $19,960 of an agreed $25,000 fee. The Respondent failed to diligently pursue proceedings in the Supreme Court (Suit E 240 of 1999) and the Morant Bay Resident Magistrates Court, failed to keep the Complainant informed, and did not honour an undertaking given before the Panel to repay $19,960 plus $2,000 costs by 27 June 2008. The Panel found breaches of Canons IV(r), IV(s) and VI(d), proved beyond reasonable doubt. It ordered restitution with interest, two fines of $50,000 each, and costs of $25,000.
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Respondent's seniority; failed to provide any explanation
- Respondent largely absent from hearings and failed to honour undertaking to repay
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_fine_amount=100000"]
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Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/michael-a-williams-complaint-no-242-of-2005/