Decision record

Winston L. Walters

JurisdictionJamaica

BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)

Professionattorney

Case number65 of 2000

DateDecember 17, 2003

OutcomeFined

Allegation / charges

Fined | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered December 17, 2003. View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL MADE ON COMPLAINTNO. 65 of 2000 IN THE MATTER OF ULECK DEANS vs WINSTON WALTERS AND …

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

SanctionFine

FineJMD 100,000

Dishonesty foundNo

Attorney Winston Walters was retained in June 1989 to probate the Will of Carl Dorman and was given the original Will by the executor complainant. He failed to obtain probate or return the Will. The Committee found him guilty of professional misconduct for breaching Canon IV(g) by not dealing with his client's business with due expedition, and fined him $100,000 with $80,000 to be paid to the complainant.

Duties found breached:

No conflict between current clients

Duties engaged

Other decisions involving this respondent

214 of 2002 2004-07-03 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck off
118 of 2002 2003-10-28 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck off, Repayment Ordered
162 of 1998 2000-02-19 · GLC · Jamaica · Fined
166 of 1997 2000-02-05 · GLC · Jamaica · Reprimanded, Fined
161 of 1998 2000-01-15 · GLC · Jamaica · Suspended, Fined
53 of 1996 1999-01-30 · GLC · Jamaica · Fined

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Documents

📄 Decision / judgment 33 KB (archived)

Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/winston-l-walters-complaint-no-65-of-2000/