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Lorraine Louise Ramson
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Struck off, Payment Ordered | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered October 09, 2021. View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT NO: 263/2017 IN THE MATTER OF CLAUDINE NEMBHARD and LORRAINE RAMSON an Attorney-at-Law …
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The Complainant retained the Attorney to process registered title and handle the sale of two acres of land in St. Elizabeth, paying multiple sums totalling over $246,000 in fees and a purchaser deposit of $1,300,000 was received by the Attorney. Though title was secured in 2017, the Attorney failed to communicate, retained the title, admitted holding the proceeds of sale but did not pay them over, and did not complete the transfer. The Committee found her guilty of professional misconduct under section 12(1)(a) and in breach of Canons IV(r), IV(s) and I(b), and ordered her struck from the Roll for misappropriating the proceeds, plus payment of the proceeds, delivery of title, and $150,000 total costs. No express finding of dishonesty was stated.
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Misappropriated proceeds of sale she admitted holding but failed to pay over
- Failed to communicate progress of transaction over a protracted period
- Acted for both vendor and purchasers
- Wrongfully retained the Duplicate Certificate of Title and suspended completion of the transfer
- Remained silent and unresponsive to the complaint
- Failed to attend or make submissions in mitigation
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_costs_amount=150000"]
Duties engaged
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