Antonnette Haughton Cardenas
Allegation / charges
Repayment ordered, Already struck off | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered July 06, 2011. View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OFTHE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL MADE ON COMPLAINTNO. 63 of 2009 IN THE MATTER OF HYACINTH P. ROSE vs …
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The attorney acted for the Complainant in a suit against Northern Caribbean University for wrongful dismissal and defamation. The defendant paid $2,600,000.00 by cheque (lodged 22 April 2008), but the attorney failed to pay over or account for the money. She was found guilty of professional misconduct in breach of Canon VII(b). The attorney did not appear. She would have been struck off but had already been struck from the roll. She was ordered to repay the $2,600,000.00 with 10% interest plus $20,000.00 costs.
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Failed to account for and pay over a substantial sum ($2,600,000.00) collected on the client's behalf
Duties engaged
Other decisions involving this respondent
- 2 of 2006
- 66 of 2009
- 3 of 2010
- 49 of 2008
- 63 of 2009
- 131 of 2007
- 41 of 2007
- 45 of 2008
- 167 of 2003
- 82 of 2006
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Documents
Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/antonnette-haughton-cardenas-complaint-no-63-of-2009/