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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 attorney was found guilty of professional misconduct for failing to account to her client for funds from an insurance settlement. Under a 33 1/3% contingency arrangement on $1,250,000.00 received, the balance of $833,333.37 was owed to the complainant. The Committee ordered restitution of $833,333.37 plus 6% interest from the date of complaint, costs of $25,000.00, and struck the attorney's name from the Roll. No express finding of dishonesty was recorded.

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

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Documents

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