Derrick J. Darby

JurisdictionJamaica

BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)

Professionattorney

Case number144 of 2002

DateNovember 29, 2003

OutcomeStruck off

Allegation / charges

Struck off | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered November 29, 2003. View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL MADE ON COMPLAINTN0.144 of 2002 IN THE MATTER OF PEARLETTA DOUGLAS vs DERRICK DARBY AND IN …

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

SanctionStrike Off

Dishonesty foundNo

The Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council, on a complaint by Pearletta Douglas, found attorney Derrick Darby guilty of professional misconduct for failing to account for money paid over to him by his client. Darby did not appear despite proper service. He was struck from the roll, ordered to pay restitution of $3,361,600 plus 12% interest, and ordered to pay costs of $20,000 to the GLC and $5,000 to the complainant. No express finding of dishonesty was made.

Duties found breached:

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_costs_amount=25000"]

Duties engaged

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Documents

📄 Decision / judgment 31 KB (archived)

Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/derrick-j-darby-complaint-no-144-of-2002/