Decision record
Paulette Amelia Warren Smith
Allegation / charges
Struck off | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered July 27, 2019. || Guilty of Professional Misconduct | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered April 10, 2018. View PDF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT NO: 143/2017 BETWEEN …
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The respondent attorney was found guilty of professional misconduct for breaching the Legal Profession (Accounts and Records) Regulations 1999 by failing to file accountant's reports for 13 consecutive years (2004-2016). Despite being given over a year and numerous adjournments and opportunities to file the reports, and despite undertakings to do so, she failed to comply. The panel found it could no longer represent to the public that she was compliant and, to protect the profession's reputation and the public interest, ordered that her name be struck from the roll of attorneys-at-law.
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Non-compliance persisted for 13 consecutive years
- Never voluntarily complied with the Regulations
- Given over one year and repeated opportunities to comply after finding of guilt but failed
- Failed to honour undertaking to file accountant's reports
- Failed to appear at hearings without explanation
Duties engaged
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