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Lassen E.St.E. Harvey

JurisdictionJamaica
BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)
Professionattorney
Case number29 of 2017
DateJuly 09, 2019
OutcomeFined, Compensation ordered

Allegation / charges

Fined, Compensation ordered | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered July 09, 2019. || Guilty of Professional Misconduct | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered December 13, 2018. View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT NO: …

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

SanctionFine
Suspension6 months
FineJMD 250,000
Dishonesty foundNo

The attorney was retained around 1979 by the Complainant's aunt to probate her late husband's estate. After a final letter in 1980, he failed to communicate or progress the matter despite the Complainant's repeated efforts to contact him, including engaging another attorney. The Committee found him guilty of professional misconduct and imposed a fine, compensation, costs and a conditional suspension contingent on returning the client's documents.

Duties found breached:

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_costs_amount=300000"]

Duties engaged

Other decisions involving this respondent

  • 29 of 2017 2018-12-13 · GLC · Jamaica · Guilty of Professional Misconduct

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Documents

Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/lassen-e-st-e-harvey-complaint-no-29-of-2017-formal-order/