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Lenworth A. Burke

JurisdictionJamaica
BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)
Professionattorney
Case number157 of 2017
DateJuly 28, 2018
OutcomeFined

Allegation / charges

Fined | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered July 28, 2018. View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT NO: 157/2017 IN THE MATTER OF GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL (NOVAR PATRICK MCDONALD) and LENWORTH BURKE an …

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

SanctionFine
CostsJMD 50,000
Dishonesty foundNo

Attorney Lenworth Burke admitted breaching the Legal Profession (Accounts and Records) Regulations for 2014, 2015 and 2016. The Committee found this amounted to professional misconduct and ordered a fine of $50,000 per year of breach plus $50,000 costs, totaling $200,000, which was paid same day. No dishonesty finding was made.

Duties found breached:

Mitigating factors:

  • Admitted the breaches

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_fine_amount=150000"]

Duties engaged

Documents

Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/lenworth-a-burke-complaint-no-157-of-2017-formal-order/