Decision record

Leeland T. Playfair

JurisdictionJamaica

BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)

Professionattorney

Case number53 of 1997

DateDecember 05, 1998

OutcomeRestitution ordered

Allegation / charges

Restitution ordered | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered December 05, 1998. View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL MADE ON COMPLAINT NO. 53 OF 1997 IN THE MATTER OF MR. GODFREY BLAKE vs LEELAND …

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

SanctionOther

Dishonesty foundNo

Complaint by Godfrey Blake against attorney Leeland Playfair, who had already been disbarred in October 1997. The Committee, hearing evidence from the complainant (the attorney did not appear), found Playfair guilty of professional misconduct and ordered restitution of $270,000.00 plus 15% annual interest to the complainant under section 12(4) of the Legal Profession Act. No express finding of dishonesty was recorded.

Duties found breached:

Uphold public trust in the profession

Duties engaged

Uphold public trust in the profession

Other decisions involving this respondent

216 of 2001 2003-06-25 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck Off
77 of 1999 2001-06-23 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck off, Repayment Ordered, Fined
33 of 1996 2000-07-08 · GLC · Jamaica · Fined
199 of 1994 1997-10-24 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck off, Restitution ordered
Decision 1995-02-27 · GLC · Jamaica · Severely Reprimanded

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Documents

📄 Decision / judgment 33 KB (archived)

Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/leeland-t-playfair-complaint-no-53-of-1997/