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Marie Judy-Ann Chambers

JurisdictionJamaica
BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)
Professionattorney
Case number148 of 2012
DateApril 26, 2014
OutcomeStruck off

Allegation / charges

Struck off | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered April 26, 2014. View PDF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT NO: 148/2012 IN THE MATTER of JOHN G. LEIBA (a member of the General Legal Council) …

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

SanctionStrike Off
Dishonesty foundNo

The Respondent, Marie Judy-Ann Chambers, an attorney admitted in 2004 who held practising certificates for 2004-2010, failed to deliver Accountant's Reports or declarations to the General Legal Council for each of those years. She did not attend any of the hearings and offered no explanation or any intention to remedy the default. The panel, applying the criminal standard of proof, found her guilty of grave professional misconduct in breach of Regulation 16(1). It ordered that her name be struck from the Roll and that she pay $100,000 toward the Council's costs. No express finding of dishonesty was made.

Duties found breached:

Aggravating factors:

  • Failure to file reports across seven consecutive years (2004-2010)
  • No attendance at any hearing despite repeated notices
  • No explanation offered for the conduct
  • No intention shown to remedy the breaches despite many opportunities

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

Duties engaged

Other decisions involving this respondent

  • 54 of 2010 2012-04-28 · GLC · Jamaica · Fined, Conditional Suspension

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Documents

Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/marie-judy-ann-chambers-complaint-no-148-of-2012/