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Antonnette Haughton Cardenas

JurisdictionJamaica
BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)
Professionattorney
Case number45 of 2008
DateMay 12, 2009
OutcomeGLC Appeal allowed

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

SanctionOther
Dishonesty foundNo

The respondent attorney, Mrs Antonnette Haughton-Cardenas, was the subject of a complaint that she failed to deliver accountants' reports for the years 1999-2003 contrary to regulation 16(1) of the Legal Profession (Accounts and Records) Regulations 1999. Before the Disciplinary Committee she argued the General Legal Council had no power under section 35 of the Legal Profession Act 1971 to make regulation 16. The Committee rejected this, but the Court of Appeal of Jamaica accepted her argument and allowed her appeal. The Privy Council first held it had jurisdiction (rejecting the argument that the Disciplinary Committee was not a 'court of Jamaica'), then held on the merits that the Council's general power under section 35(2) to take action necessary to ascertain compliance included power to make regulation 16. The Board allowed the Council's appeal, with costs here and below, and remitted the complaint to the Disciplinary Committee. No finding of professional misconduct or dishonesty was made against the respondent in this judgment.

Duties engaged

Other decisions involving this respondent

  • 2 of 2006 2012-12-08 · GLC · Jamaica · Fined
  • 63 of 2009 2011-07-06 · GLC · Jamaica · Repayment ordered, Already struck off
  • 66 of 2009 2011-02-05 · GLC · Jamaica · Repayment Ordered, Struck off
  • 3 of 2010 2011-02-05 · GLC · Jamaica · Already Struck off
  • 49 of 2008 2011-01-29 · GLC · Jamaica · Repayment Ordered
  • 63 of 2009 2010-09-18 · GLC · Jamaica · Restitution ordered, Already Struck off
  • 131 of 2007 2010-05-22 · GLC · Jamaica · Fined
  • 41 of 2007 2009-07-31 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck off, Repayment Ordered
  • 167 of 2003 2008-04-01 · GLC · Jamaica · Deferred (Decision Pending Attorney Response)
  • 82 of 2006 2007-12-20 · GLC · Jamaica · Appeal allowed

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Documents

Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/antonnette-haughton-cardenas-complaint-no-45-of-2008/