§ discipline
‹ Browse decisions

Antonnette Haughton Cardenas

JurisdictionJamaica
BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)
Professionattorney
Case number66 of 2009
DateFebruary 05, 2011
OutcomeRepayment Ordered, Struck off

Allegation / charges

Repayment Ordered, Struck off | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered February 05, 2011. View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL MADE ON COMPLAINTNO. 66 of 2009 IN THE MATTER OF EDNA M. POLEAN-HENRY vs …

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

SanctionStrike Off
CostsJMD 25,000
Dishonesty foundNo

The complainant, Edna Polean-Henry, brought a complaint against attorney Antoinette Haughton-Cardenas, who did not appear. Under a 33 1/3% contingency arrangement and insurance proceeds of $1,250,000.00, the attorney's fee would be $416,666.66 with a balance of $833,333.37 owed to the complainant. The Committee found the complainant proved her case and that the attorney was guilty of professional misconduct. It ordered the attorney to pay the balance plus costs and interest, and that her name be struck from the Roll of Attorneys.

Duties found breached:

Duties engaged

Other decisions involving this respondent

  • 2 of 2006 2012-12-08 · GLC · Jamaica · Fined
  • 63 of 2009 2011-07-06 · GLC · Jamaica · Repayment ordered, Already struck off
  • 3 of 2010 2011-02-05 · GLC · Jamaica · Already Struck off
  • 49 of 2008 2011-01-29 · GLC · Jamaica · Repayment Ordered
  • 63 of 2009 2010-09-18 · GLC · Jamaica · Restitution ordered, Already Struck off
  • 131 of 2007 2010-05-22 · GLC · Jamaica · Fined
  • 41 of 2007 2009-07-31 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck off, Repayment Ordered
  • 45 of 2008 2009-05-12 · GLC · Jamaica · GLC Appeal allowed
  • 167 of 2003 2008-04-01 · GLC · Jamaica · Deferred (Decision Pending Attorney Response)
  • 82 of 2006 2007-12-20 · GLC · Jamaica · Appeal allowed

Matched by respondent name — may include a different person with the same name.

Documents

Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/antonnette-haughton-cardenas-complaint-no-66-of-2009/