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 to sell two properties. After obtaining Letters of Administration in 2018, she failed to act on the sale of the Hart Street property despite two purchasers being identified, ignored the clients' communications, and never returned the registered Title for the Hart Street property. The two sales were lost. The Committee found beyond reasonable doubt that she failed to act with due expedition, failed to account for monies (JMD 501,868 paid) and assets, and breached Canon 1(b). She was found guilty of professional misconduct. No express finding of dishonesty was made. Fine of JMD 200,000 and costs of JMD 140,000 imposed.

Duties found breached:

• Keep client informed and respond promptly
• No baseless or threatened misconduct report
• No improper use of client money
• Uphold public trust in the profession

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_costs_amount=140000"]