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Leonie Marie Campbell

JurisdictionJamaica
BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)
Professionattorney
Case number167 of 2017
DateMay 19, 2018
OutcomeFined

Allegation / charges

Fined | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered May 19, 2018. View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT NO: 167/2017 IN THE MATTER OF GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL (RICHARD AYOUB) and LEONIE CAMPBELL an Attorney-at-­Law …

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SanctionFine
CostsJMD 50,000
Dishonesty foundNo

The respondent attorney Leonie Campbell admitted to breaching the Legal Profession (Accounts and Records) Regulations for the years 2014, 2015, and 2016, contrary to sections 16(1) and 17. The Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council found these breaches amounted to professional misconduct under section 12(1)(a) of the Legal Profession Act. She was ordered to pay a fine of $50,000 for each of the three years in breach ($150,000 total) plus $50,000 costs, totaling $200,000, payable in four monthly installments of $50,000.

Duties found breached:

Mitigating factors:

  • Attorney admitted the breaches
  • Attorney filed declaration for the year ended 31 December 2014

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_fine_amount=150000"]

Duties engaged

Documents

Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/leonie-marie-campbell-complaint-no-167-of-2017-formal-order/