Lorraine Louise Ramson
Allegation / charges
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 …
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The Attorney Lorraine Ramson had conduct of the sale of the Complainant's land and simultaneously acted for the purchasers. She received purchase deposit/proceeds of sale plus various payments from the Complainant but failed to communicate on the transaction, retained the Duplicate Certificate of Title, suspended completion of the transfer, and admitted holding the proceeds of sale yet failed to pay them over. The Committee found her guilty of professional misconduct under section 12(1)(a) and found breaches of Canons IV(r), IV(s) and I(b). She was struck off the Roll for misappropriating the proceeds of sale, ordered to pay over the proceeds, ensure the purchasers receive title, and pay costs.
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Remained silent and unresponsive to the complaint despite suspicion of fiscal irresponsibility/impropriety
- Failed to attend hearings or make submissions in mitigation
- Acted for both vendor and purchaser
- Wrongfully suspended completion of the transfer to the prejudice of both parties
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_costs_amount=150000"]