Howard A. Lettman
Allegation / charges
Suspended | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered November 25, 2017. View PDF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT NO: 62/2110 IN THE MATTER OF RUDOLF CAMPBELL and HOWARD LETTMAN an Attorney-at-Law AND IN THE MATTER …
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The Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council found attorney Howard Lettman guilty of professional misconduct on a complaint by Rudolph Campbell, who had engaged him in 1998 to have his name endorsed on a land title via administration of an estate, paying fees totalling J$30,000 by 2000. Eighteen years later the title had not been obtained and the attorney had failed to keep the client informed. The Committee found breaches of Canons IV(r) and IV(s), accepting the complainant as a witness of truth, with the attorney having filed no defence and not appearing. No finding of dishonesty was made. The attorney was suspended from practice for six months effective 1 December 2017 and ordered to pay costs of J$100,000 (J$50,000 to the complainant and J$50,000 to the General Legal Council).
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Failed to file any affidavit in defence
- Failed to appear despite multiple opportunities
- Business remained incomplete after 18 years
- Fees paid in full by 2000 yet title never obtained
Duties engaged
Other decisions involving this respondent
- 116 of 2015
- 57 of 2008
- 212 of 2017
- 57 of 2008
- 215 of 2017
- 215 of 2017
- 16 of 2016
- 212 of 2017
- 16 of 2016
- 124 of 2015
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Documents
Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/howard-a-lettman-complaint-no-62-of-2110/