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Jacqueline Marie Minto

JurisdictionJamaica
BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)
Professionattorney
Case number145 of 2017
DateMay 05, 2018
OutcomeFined

Allegation / charges

Fined | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered May 05, 2018. View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT NO: 145/2017 IN THE MATTER OF GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL (ALLAN WOOD Q.C.) and JACQUELINE MINTO an …

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SanctionFine
CostsJMD 50,000
Dishonesty foundNo

The Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council found that attorney Jacqueline Minto committed breaches of the Legal Profession (Accounts and Records) Regulations (sections 16(1) and 17) for 14 years (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005-2016), which she admitted. The Committee found these breaches amounted to professional misconduct under section 12(1)(a) of the Legal Profession Act. She was ordered to pay a fine of $50,000 for each year of breach plus $50,000 costs, totalling $800,000, payable to the General Legal Council by 29 June 2018.

Duties found breached:

Aggravating factors:

  • Breaches spanned 14 years (2001-2016)

Mitigating factors:

  • Respondent admitted the breaches

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_fine_amount=750000"]

Duties engaged

Other decisions involving this respondent

  • 58 of 2022 2023-11-18 · GLC · Jamaica · Suspended, Fined
  • 58 of 2022 2023-09-23 · GLC · Jamaica · Guilty of Professional Misconduct
  • 138 of 2020 2021-06-19 · GLC · Jamaica · Fined
  • 138 of 2020 2021-06-19 · GLC · Jamaica · Guilty of Professional Misconduct, Fined

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Documents

Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/jacqueline-marie-minto-complaint-no-145-of-2017-formal-order/