Decision record

Derrick J. Darby

JurisdictionJamaica

BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)

Professionattorney

Case number45 of 2003

DateJune 20, 2007

OutcomeRestitution Ordered

Allegation / charges

Restitution Ordered | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered June 20, 2007. View PDF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCILCOMPLAINT No. 45/2003 IN THE MATTER of the complaint by DOREEN MATTHEWS vs DERRICK DARBY AND IN THE …

Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision

SanctionOther

Dishonesty foundNo

Attorney Derrick Darby represented complainant Doreen Matthews in the sale of premises and gave her a cheque for J$1,740,000 that was dishonoured. He later paid J$1,400,000 by manager's cheques but nothing further, leaving a balance owing. The Panel found him guilty of professional misconduct for failing to account and ordered restitution of J$552,739.00 and US$4,600.00 with interest. No express finding of dishonesty against the attorney was made.

Duties found breached:

No improper use of client money

Duties engaged

No improper use of client money

Other decisions involving this respondent

45 of 2003 2005-07-09 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck off, Restitution Ordered
36 of 2003 2005-04-02 · GLC · Jamaica · Restitution Ordered
210 of 2002 2005-02-19 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck Off, Restitution ordered
144 of 2002 2003-11-29 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck off
79 of 2002 2003-11-06 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck off, Restitution ordered
46 of 2001 2003-05-13 · GLC · Jamaica · Fined
62 of 2002 2003-05-03 · GLC · Jamaica · Repayment Ordered
81 of 2000 2003-04-12 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck off, Restitution ordered

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Documents

📄 Decision / judgment 27 KB (archived)

Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/derrick-j-darby-complaint-no-45-of-2003/