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Donovan O. Foote

JurisdictionJamaica
BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)
Professionattorney
Case number12 of 2015
DateNovember 23, 2020
OutcomeStruck off, Restitution ordered

Allegation / charges

Struck off, Restitution ordered | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered November 23, 2020. || Guilty of Professional Misconduct | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered November 23, 2020. View PDF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT NO: …

Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision

SanctionStrike Off
CostsJMD 100,000
Dishonesty foundYes

At the sanction hearing for Complaint No. 12/2015, the Disciplinary Committee noted its earlier express finding of dishonesty against attorney Donovan Foote. Guided by Bolton v Law Society, the Panel held that findings of dishonesty leave only one appropriate consequence. The Respondent was struck from the roll and ordered to pay restitution of $2,333,333.33 to the Complainant and $100,000 in costs to the General Legal Council.

Duties found breached:

Mitigating factors:

  • Good character / impressive antecedents
  • No proof of prior complaints against him

Duties engaged

Other decisions involving this respondent

  • 12 of 2015 2021-11-05 · GLC · Jamaica · Appeal dismissed, GLC Disciplinary Committee Decision Affir…
  • 12 of 2015 2020-11-23 · GLC · Jamaica · Guilty of Professional Misconduct
  • 90 of 2011 2018-02-23 · GLC · Jamaica · Fined/Conditional Suspension
  • 90 of 2011 2017-04-11 · GLC · Jamaica · Guilty of Professional Misconduct

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Documents

Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/donovan-o-foote-complaint-no-12-of-2015-sanction-hearing/