Decision record
Antonnette Haughton Cardenas
Allegation / charges
GLC Appeal allowed | Privy Council decision delivered May 12, 2009. View PDF Privy Council Appeal No 45 of 2008 The General Legal Council Appellant Antonnette Haughton-Cardenas Respondent FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL OF JAMAICA JUDGMENT OF THE LORDS …
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The General Legal Council appealed against a Court of Appeal of Jamaica decision that it lacked power under section 35 of the Legal Profession Act to make regulation 16 requiring attorneys to deliver accountants' reports. The respondent had failed to deliver reports for 1999 and 2000. The Privy Council first held it had jurisdiction to hear the appeal, interpreting 'Court of Jamaica' broadly. On substance, it held that section 35(2) directly conferred power on the Council to take necessary action to ascertain compliance, including making regulation 16 and rendering non-compliance professional misconduct. The appeal was allowed with costs and the complaint remitted to the Disciplinary Committee. No finding of misconduct or dishonesty was made by the Board; this was a jurisdictional/vires appeal.
Duties found breached:
Duties engaged
Other decisions involving this respondent
- 2 of 2006
- 63 of 2009
- 66 of 2009
- 3 of 2010
- 49 of 2008
- 63 of 2009
- 131 of 2007
- 41 of 2007
- 167 of 2003
- 82 of 2006
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Documents
Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/antonnette-haughton-cardenas-complaint-no-45-of-2008/