Decision record
Howard A. Lettman
Allegation / charges
Struck off | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered February 05, 2018. || Guilty of Professional Misconduct | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered June 24, 2017. View PDF HAZEL HANSON vs HOWARD LETTMAN SANCTIONS DECISION COMPLAINT NO: 29/2014 PANEL: Mr. Walter Scott Q.C. …
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The Disciplinary Committee found the Respondent, Howard Lettman, had failed over 21 years to provide the Complainant with a Registered Title he had been paid to obtain, and had disregarded both the Complainant and the Committee by not responding. Given his lengthy antecedents (six prior sanctions), the Panel found the conduct particularly egregious and ordered that his name be struck from the record of attorneys and that he pay costs of $250,000. No express finding of dishonesty was made.
Duties found breached:
- No improper communication with the court
- Complaints procedure and handling
- Diligence and timeliness
- Hold a current practising certificate
Aggravating factors:
- Six previous orders/sanctions against the Respondent between 2005 and 2015 (most recent a 6-month suspension in December 2017)
- Persistent delinquency in carrying out instructions
- Failure to demonstrate any intention to correct the breach
- Failure to respond in any manner to the complaint
- Failure to attend the hearing
Duties engaged
Other decisions involving this respondent
- 116 of 2015
- 57 of 2008
- 212 of 2017
- 57 of 2008
- 215 of 2017
- 215 of 2017
- 16 of 2016
- 212 of 2017
- 16 of 2016
- 124 of 2015
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