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J. Vernon (Jonathan) Ricketts

JurisdictionJamaica
BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)
Professionattorney
Case number96 of 2009
DateApril 16, 2011
OutcomeRestitution and Repayment Ordered

Allegation / charges

Restitution and Repayment Ordered | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered April 16, 2011. View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL MADE ON COMPLAINT NO. 96 of 2009 IN THE MATTER OF EGBERT TAIT vs …

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

SanctionOther
CostsJMD 20,000
Dishonesty foundNo

J. Vernon Ricketts was found guilty of professional misconduct for taking the complainant's land title and $20,000 retainer and failing to return either the title or the money, forcing the complainant to incur costs for a lost title application. The attorney did not appear and had already been struck off in prior proceedings. The Committee ordered restitution of $170,000.00 to the complainant plus costs of $20,000.00. No express finding of dishonesty was recorded.

Duties found breached:

Duties engaged

Other decisions involving this respondent

  • 234 of 2006 2008-11-08 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck off again, Already Struck off, Restitution Ordered, …
  • 165 of 2003 2007-03-03 · GLC · Jamaica · Fined
  • 128 of 2005 2006-07-22 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck off, Restitution Ordered
  • 65 of 2003 2005-09-07 · GLC · Jamaica · Restitution Ordered, Conditional Suspension
  • 12 of 2002 2004-08-10 · GLC · Jamaica · Fined

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Documents

Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/j-vernon-jonathan-ricketts-complaint-no-96-of-2009/