Paulette Amelia Warren Smith
Allegation / charges
Struck off | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered July 27, 2019. || Guilty of Professional Misconduct | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered April 10, 2018. View PDF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT NO: 143/2017 BETWEEN …
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The respondent attorney was found guilty of professional misconduct for failing to comply with the Legal Profession (Accounts and Records) Regulations 1999 for 13 consecutive years, failing to file accountant's reports for the years 2004-2016. After the liability judgment of 14 April 2018, she was given over a year and repeated adjournments to file the outstanding reports and undertook to do so, but never complied and ultimately failed to appear. The panel ordered her name struck from the roll under section 12(4) of the Legal Profession Act.
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Failure to comply with the Regulations for 13 consecutive years
- Never voluntarily complied with the Regulations
- Failed to file reports despite repeated adjournments over more than a year
- Failed to honour undertaking to provide accountant's reports
- Failed to appear at hearings without explanation
Duties engaged
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