Faye P.R. Sylvester Williamson Benjamin
Allegation / charges
Struck off | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered February 16, 1991. View PDF DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL ORDER COMPLAINT NO. 161/88 In the matter of Joswyn Leo-Rhynie, Q.C. and Faye Williamson-Benjamin, Attorney at-Law. In the matter of …
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The Committee found Faye Williamson-Benjamin guilty of professional misconduct for conduct tending to discredit the legal profession. She fraudulently converted $141,641.00 belonging to her client, Sydney Reynolds, and had pleaded guilty and been convicted of fraudulent conversion on 17 November 1988 in the Resident Magistrate's Court for Kingston, receiving a three-month prison sentence. She was found in breach of Canons 1(b) and III(k) and was struck off the Roll.
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Criminal conviction for fraudulent conversion with a three-month prison sentence
- Misappropriation of a substantial sum of client funds ($141,641.00)