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Noel S. Williams
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Repayment Ordered, Already Struck off | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered December 03, 2005. View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEEOF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL MADE ONNO. 54 OF 2001 IN THE MATTER OF OSMOND BROWN vs NOEL WILLIAMS …
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Attorney Noel Williams received $13,000 for the complainant Osmond Brown and failed to pay it over despite repeated promises. The Disciplinary Committee found him guilty of professional misconduct in breach of Canon I(b) and Canon VII(b) for failing to account. Although the failure to account merited striking off, the Panel considered such an order unnecessary as the attorney had already been struck off in an unrelated matter. He was ordered to repay $13,000 with 12% interest from 1 June 2001 and pay $15,000 costs. No express finding of dishonesty was made.
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Attorney previously struck off in an unrelated complaint
- Repeated broken promises to pay over the money
- Failure to appear at the hearing
Duties engaged
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Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/noel-s-williams-complaint-no-54-of-2001/