Leonardo Fernando Christie
Allegation / charges
Struck off | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered July 24th, 2021. View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT NO: 199/2020 IN THE MATTER OF TINA GOLLAB and LEONARDO FERNANDO CHRISTIE an Attorney-at-Law AND …
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The complainant engaged the attorney in 2017 to handle a personal injury claim arising from a 2015 accident, handing over all original supporting documents. After last contact in November 2019, the attorney became unreachable despite the complainant's extensive efforts. The attorney did not appear at the hearings. The Committee found him guilty of professional misconduct under section 12(1)(a), breaching Canons IV(r) and (s), and ordered him struck from the Roll of Attorneys, plus costs of JMD 20,000 each to the complainant and the General Legal Council.
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Attorney failed to appear at the disciplinary hearings
- Attorney declined to attend or make any submissions in mitigation
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