Henry C. Johnson

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

The Complainant engaged the Attorney in December 2018 to handle the purchase of property in Negril and wired US$66,070 to the Attorney's account covering a 25% deposit, fees and closing costs. The Attorney submitted a deposit cheque to the vendor's attorneys which was dishonoured for insufficient funds. Despite promises, the Attorney failed to rectify the matter and an agreed refund of US$44,875.91 remained partly unpaid (roughly US$15,000 outstanding). The Attorney initially attended but later failed to attend hearings (having suffered a stroke) and failed to communicate. The Panel received untested evidence, applied the beyond reasonable doubt standard, and found the Attorney in breach of Canons 4(r), 4(s), 7(b)(ii) and 1(b), guilty of professional misconduct. No sanction was determined in this decision.

Duties found breached:

• Uphold public trust in the profession
• Handle inadvertently received material
• No improper use of client money