Jacqueline Marie Minto

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

Attorney Jacqueline Minto was retained in 2016 to administer the estate of the complainant's intestate parents and obtain Grants of Letters of Administration over two Montego Bay properties. After obtaining the Letters of Administration in 2018 and being advised of a purchaser, she failed to act on the sale, causing the complainants to lose two sales and never receive the Hart Street title. The Committee found her guilty of professional misconduct in breach of Canons IV(r), VII(ii) and I(b). She did not appear at the hearing. She was fined J$200,000 payable to the complainant and ordered to pay costs of J$140,000 (J$70,000 to the complainant and J$70,000 to the General Legal Council). No express finding of dishonesty was made.

Duties found breached:

• Good faith and courtesy to colleagues
• No baseless or threatened misconduct report
• Uphold public trust in the profession