Decision record
Donovan Occonor Malcolm
Allegation / charges
Struck off | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered February 29, 2020. || Guilty of Professional Misconduct | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered February 01, 2020. View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT NO: 61/2019 …
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The Complainant paid an $820,000 deposit to the Respondent Attorney (representing the vendor) for a property purchase. When she could not secure financing, the deposit was refundable, and the Attorney promised via email to refund it but never did. The Committee found the Attorney guilty of professional misconduct for breaches of Canons IV(r), I(b) and VII(b)(ii). He was struck off the Roll, ordered to make restitution of $820,000 to the Complainant, and to pay costs of $100,000 to the General Legal Council and $30,000 to the Complainant. No express finding of dishonesty was recorded.
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Failure to refund a refundable deposit despite promising to do so
- Non-appearance and no participation in the proceedings
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_costs_amount=130000"]
Duties engaged
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