Decision record

Derrick J. Darby

JurisdictionJamaica

BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)

Professionattorney

Case number45 of 2003

DateJuly 09, 2005

OutcomeStruck off, Restitution Ordered

Allegation / charges

Struck off, Restitution Ordered | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered July 09, 2005. View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEEOF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL MADE ON COMPLAINTNO. 45 OF 2003 IN THE MATTER OF ROHAN BROWN vs DERRICK DARBY …

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

SanctionStrike Off

CostsJMD 20,000

Dishonesty foundNo

On complaint No. 45/2003 by Rohan Brown against attorney Derrick Darby under the Legal Profession Act, the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council found the attorney guilty of professional misconduct. The attorney did not appear. The Committee ordered his name struck from the Roll, restitution of $434,000.00 with 12% interest from 30 January 2002, and costs of $20,000.00 to the complainant.

Duties found breached:

Uphold public trust in the profession

Duties engaged

Uphold public trust in the profession

Other decisions involving this respondent

45 of 2003 2007-06-20 · GLC · Jamaica · Restitution Ordered
36 of 2003 2005-04-02 · GLC · Jamaica · Restitution Ordered
210 of 2002 2005-02-19 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck Off, Restitution ordered
144 of 2002 2003-11-29 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck off
79 of 2002 2003-11-06 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck off, Restitution ordered
46 of 2001 2003-05-13 · GLC · Jamaica · Fined
62 of 2002 2003-05-03 · GLC · Jamaica · Repayment Ordered
81 of 2000 2003-04-12 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck off, Restitution ordered

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Documents

📄 Decision / judgment 31 KB (archived)

Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/derrick-j-darby-complaint-no-45-of-2003-2/