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Jennifer Messado

JurisdictionJamaica
BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)
Professionattorney
Case number145 of 2015
DateMay 29, 2021
OutcomeStruck off, Restitution Ordered

Allegation / charges

Struck off, Restitution Ordered | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered May 29, 2021. View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL MADE ON COMPLAINT NO: 145/2015 IN THE MATTER OF CHRISTOPHER WATSON KERR and JENNIFER …

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SanctionStrike Off
CostsJMD 150,000
Dishonesty foundYes

The Complainant, a property developer and long-standing client, discovered the Respondent attorney had entered into an Agreement for Sale of three of his St. Andrew properties without his instructions or intention to sell, taking a significant deposit from the purchaser, resulting in caveats lodged against his titles. The Committee found the Respondent's conduct showed a clear lack of probity and involved a level of dishonesty likely to bring the profession into disrepute, in breach of Canon 1(b). She was struck from the Roll, ordered to return a title within 14 days, and to pay costs of $150,000.

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Duties engaged

Other decisions involving this respondent

  • 124 of 2017 2018-10-08 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck off
  • 124 of 2017 2018-09-15 · GLC · Jamaica · Guilty of Professional Misconduct

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Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/jennifer-messado-complaint-no-145-of-2015-formal-order/