Decision record

Sonia Jones

JurisdictionJamaica

BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)

Professionattorney

Case number9 of 2002

DateMay 11, 2002

OutcomeStruck Off

Allegation / charges

Struck Off | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered May 11, 2002. View PDF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT NO. 9/2002 LLOYD BARNETT COMPLAINANT AND SONIA JONES RESPONDENT PANEL:PAMELA E BENKA-COKER Q.C.ALLAN WOODDAVID BATTS HEARING …

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

SanctionStrike Off

Dishonesty foundNo

Attorney Sonia Jones, admitted in 1970, was convicted in 1999 of fraudulent conversion under the Larceny Act. Lloyd Barnett, a member of the General Legal Council, brought a complaint. The panel proceeded in the absence of both parties on affidavit evidence, relying on the certificate of conviction. It found the offence a prescribed offence and that the conviction breached Canons III(k)1 and I(b), discrediting the profession. The panel unanimously ordered that her name be struck from the Roll, consistent with prior comparable cases.

Duties found breached:

Duties engaged

Other decisions involving this respondent

110 of 1994 1999-12-15 · GLC · Jamaica · Suspended, Restitution Ordered

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Documents

📄 Decision / judgment 73 KB (archived)

Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/sonia-jones-complaint-no-9-of-2002/