Rudolph Emanuel Alphonso Muir

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

Attorney Rudolph Muir was retained to obtain probate and conduct the sale of land, with written irrevocable instructions to divide the net proceeds equally among three siblings including the Complainant. He completed the sale but failed to disburse the proceeds and failed to respond to the Complainant's requests for updates. The Committee found him guilty of professional misconduct in breach of Canons IV(r), IV(s), VII(ii) and I(b). His name was struck from the roll, and he was ordered to pay restitution of J$21,139,128 plus 12% interest, plus costs of J$250,000 to the Complainant and J$120,000 to the General Legal Council. No express finding of dishonesty was recorded.

Duties found breached:

• No conflict between current clients
• Good faith and courtesy to colleagues

Aggravating factors:

• Failed to disburse proceeds of sale to beneficiaries despite written irrevocable instructions
• Failed to communicate with or update the Complainant despite several attempts
• Failed to make submissions in mitigation

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_costs_amount=370000"]