Leeland T. Playfair

JurisdictionJamaica

BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)

Professionattorney

Case number53 of 1997

DateDecember 05, 1998

OutcomeRestitution ordered

Allegation / charges

Restitution ordered | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered December 05, 1998. View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL MADE ON COMPLAINT NO. 53 OF 1997 IN THE MATTER OF MR. GODFREY BLAKE vs LEELAND …

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

SanctionOther

Dishonesty foundNo

On Complaint No. 53 of 1997, the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council found disbarred attorney Leeland Playfair guilty of professional misconduct following a hearing at which the complainant Godfrey Blake gave evidence and the attorney did not appear. The Committee ordered the attorney to pay the complainant $270,000.00 restitution with 15% annual interest. No express finding of dishonesty was made, and no fine or costs were stated.

Duties found breached:

Uphold public trust in the profession

Duties engaged

Uphold public trust in the profession

Other decisions involving this respondent

216 of 2001 2003-06-25 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck Off
77 of 1999 2001-06-23 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck off, Repayment Ordered, Fined
33 of 1996 2000-07-08 · GLC · Jamaica · Fined
199 of 1994 1997-10-24 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck off, Restitution ordered
Decision 1995-02-27 · GLC · Jamaica · Severely Reprimanded

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Documents

📄 Decision / judgment 33 KB (archived)

Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/leeland-t-playfair-complaint-no-53-of-1997/