Donovan O. Foote

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

In Complaint No. 12/2015 (Janet Russell v Donovan Foote), the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council held a sanction hearing. The Panel accepted the Respondent had good antecedents and good character, disregarded his bias submissions as directed to another forum, and found the cited Levy-Manfred v Gordon case unhelpful since it involved a finding of no dishonesty, whereas here there was an express finding of dishonesty (para 20). Guided by Bolton v Law Society, the Panel held that findings of dishonesty warrant only one consequence. The Respondent was struck off the roll, ordered to pay restitution of JMD 2,333,333.33 to the complainant, and costs of JMD 100,000 to the GLC.

Duties found breached:

• No taking unfair advantage

Mitigating factors:

• Good character / impressive antecedents with no proven prior complaints