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Loverne Annemarie George

JurisdictionJamaica
BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)
Professionattorney
Case number129 of 2017
DateApril 27, 2019
OutcomeStruck off, Restitution Ordered

Allegation / charges

Struck off, Restitution Ordered | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered April 27, 2019. View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT NO: 129/2017 IN THE MATTER OF AMELIA ANN ELLIS and LOVERNE ANNMARIE GEORGE …

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SanctionStrike Off
Dishonesty foundNo

The Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council (Jamaica) found Attorney Loverne Annmarie George guilty of professional misconduct for receiving a refunded deposit of $2,500,000.00 from a cancelled sale while acting for the complainant, and failing to return it for over two years. She was found to have breached Canon 1(b). The Committee struck her from the Roll, ordered restitution of $2.5 million with interest, and ordered costs of $50,000 to the GLC and $50,000 to the complainant. No express finding of dishonesty was made.

Duties found breached:

Aggravating factors:

  • Failed to return client's refunded deposit for over two years
  • Attorney did not appear and made no submissions in mitigation

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_costs_amount=100000"]

Duties engaged

Other decisions involving this respondent

  • 129 of 2017 2018-12-08 · GLC · Jamaica · Guilty of Professional Misconduct

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Documents

Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/loverne-annemarie-george-complaint-no-129-of-2017-formal-order/