Decision record
Antonnette Haughton Cardenas
Allegation / charges
Struck off, Repayment Ordered | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered July 31, 2009. View PDF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT 41/2007 BETWEEN AVIS SMITH COMPLAINANT AND ANTONNETTE HAUGHTON-CARDENAS ATTORNEY PANEL:MISS HILARY PHILIPS Q.C.MRS. JEANNE …
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The attorney had carriage of sale of the Complainant's property, received mortgage proceeds of $1.45m, but failed to provide a statement of accounts or pay over any of the net proceeds of sale ($2,221,325). She gave an undertaking in June 2008 to pay but never did. She failed to respond to the complaint and largely absented herself from the hearings. The Panel found her guilty of professional misconduct in breach of Canons 1(b), 1(e), 1(f), 4(r) and 4(s). No finding was made on the third ground (trust account) for insufficient evidence, and no express finding of dishonesty was made. She was struck off the Roll, ordered to pay restitution with interest, and costs of $120,000.
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Failed to respond to the complaint at any stage and attended only one hearing
- Repeatedly submitted medical certificates yet was reportedly seen in court on days near the hearing dates
- Failed to pay over net proceeds of sale (approx. $2.22m) for over a year despite undertaking
- Failed to furnish the Disciplinary Committee with any information to assist deliberations
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["review_dishonesty_finding_cue_present"]
Duties engaged
Other decisions involving this respondent
- 2 of 2006
- 63 of 2009
- 66 of 2009
- 3 of 2010
- 49 of 2008
- 63 of 2009
- 131 of 2007
- 45 of 2008
- 167 of 2003
- 82 of 2006
Matched by respondent name — may include a different person with the same name.
Documents
Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/antonnette-haughton-cardenas-complaint-no-41-of-2007/