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David Santiago Morales
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Fined | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered September 16, 2006. View PDF RULING of THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCILCOMPLAINT No. 92/2005 BETWEEN HEADLEY WELLINGTON COMPLAINANT AND DAVID MORALES RESPONDENT PANEL: MR. ALLAN WOOD MRS. MARGARETTE MACAULAY MISS …
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Attorney David Morales was retained in 2001 to pursue a claim arising from a November 2000 motor vehicle accident. He filed action in the Resident Magistrate's Court but did not pursue it, then unnecessarily re-filed in the Supreme Court in 2004. The insurer's application to strike out succeeded (with Morales not appearing and costs awarded against the client), and the vehicle remained unrepaired nearly six years later. The Panel found beyond reasonable doubt that he acted with inexcusable and deplorable negligence (Canon IV(s)) and failed to act with due expedition (Canon IV(r)). He was fined $50,000 (with $40,000 to go to the client) and ordered to pay $10,000 costs to the complainant.
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Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/david-santiago-morales-complaint-no-92-of-2005/