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Antonnette Haughton Cardenas
Allegation / charges
Appeal allowed | Court of Appeal decision delivered December 20, 2007. View PDF JAMAICA IN THE COURT OF APPEAL SUPREME COURT CIVIL APPEAL NO. 82/06 BEFORE THE HON. MR. JUSTICE PANTON, P.THE HON. MR. JUSTICE HARRISON, J.A. THE HON. …
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An attorney appealed against the General Legal Council's assertion that it could require attorneys to submit annual accountants' reports, following disciplinary proceedings concerning her failure to file reports for 1999 and 2000. The Court of Appeal held that section 35(1) of the Legal Profession Act only empowered the GLC to make regulations about clients' bank accounts and record-keeping, and that the phrase 'take such action as may be necessary' in section 35(2) did not include a power to make regulations requiring accountants' reports. Regulations 16 and 17 were therefore ultra vires. The appeal was allowed with costs to the appellant. No disciplinary sanction against the attorney and no finding of misconduct or dishonesty.
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Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/antonnette-haughton-cardenas-complaint-no-82-of-2006/