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Sean O’Neil Kinghorn

JurisdictionJamaica
BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)
Professionattorney
Case number190 of 2020
DateApril 13, 2022
OutcomeFined

Allegation / charges

Fined | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered April 13, 2022. || Guilty of Professional Misconduct | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered November 16, 2021 || Formal Order delivered April 19, 2022 (PDF) View PDF of Decision View PDF of Formal Order …

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

SanctionFine
FineJMD 2,000,000
CostsJMD 100,000
Dishonesty foundNo

The Complainant retained the Attorney's firm following a 2008 motor vehicle accident. The Attorney failed to obtain a complete medical report (the Spanish Town Hospital had lost the records) and the claim became statute barred on 16 February 2014. The Committee found the Attorney did not advise the Complainant before the limitation date that his claim was about to become statute barred. The Attorney was found guilty of professional misconduct, breaching Canons IV(r) and IV(s), and was fined J$2,000,000 (to be paid to the Complainant) plus J$100,000 costs.

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Documents

Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/sean-oneil-kinghorn-complaint-no-190-of-2020-sanction-hearing/