Decision record
Richard D. Bonner
Allegation / charges
Struck off | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered June 05, 2017. || Guilty of Professional Misconduct | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered April 28, 2017. View PDF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL ON SANCTION COMPLAINT NO: …
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The Attorney was found guilty of professional misconduct for breaches of Canon I(b) and Canon VII(b) arising from his handling of the sale of real property for $11,000,000.00 completed in 2007, having acknowledged a balance of $5,509,535.00 due to the Complainant and her siblings. Despite multiple opportunities and directions to provide mitigation evidence (in person, by affidavit, or via Skype), the Attorney repeatedly failed to attend or comply, with medical evidence indicating he was capable of participating. Applying Bolton v Law Society principles, the Panel struck the Attorney off the Roll, ordered restitution of $5,509,535.00 with interest at 4.5% from 4 October 2013, and costs of $50,000.00.
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Misappropriation/failure to account for client funds from sale of property completed in 2007
- Acknowledged balance of $5,509,535.00 owed to Complainant and siblings remained unpaid
- Repeated failure to attend hearings or provide mitigation evidence despite directions
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["review_dishonesty_finding_cue_present"]
Duties engaged
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