Decision record
Ano Maggielin Miller Sewell
Appeals and appellate references
- Appellate document — relationship to this matter unverified: Minnett Lawrence v GLC
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Allegation / charges
Struck off, Restitution Ordered | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered June 27, 2025. || Guilty | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered May 31, 2025. View PDF SANCTION DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT NO: 117/2024 IN …
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The Disciplinary Committee found the Attorney guilty of professional misconduct for breaching Canon 4(r) and Canon VII(b)(ii) by failing to account for and misappropriating JMD 37,392,000 of the Complainant's funds that should have been paid to a vendor. The Attorney was struck from the Roll, ordered to pay restitution of JMD 37,392,000 forthwith and JMD 200,000 in costs (split equally between Complainant and GLC). The Panel noted, citing Minnett Lawrence and Emeana, that striking off can be appropriate even absent dishonesty where seriousness is very high; no express dishonesty finding was made.
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Client funds paid in March 2024 never accounted for
- Failure to file an affidavit in response as required by law
- Misappropriation of clients funds
- Submissions focused only on personal circumstances and ignored subject matter of complaint
- Conduct severely damaged reputation of the profession
Mitigating factors:
- Personal circumstances of the Attorney raised by counsel
Duties engaged
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