Decision record

Humphrey Lee Mcpherson

JurisdictionJamaica

BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)

Professionattorney

Case number205 of 2007

DateJune 05, 2010

OutcomeFined

Allegation / charges

Fined | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered June 05, 2010. View PDF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL MADE ON COMPLAINT NO. 205/2007 GEORGE SOUTAR VS HUMPHREY MCPHERSON Panel: Mrs. Pamela Benka-Coker, Q.C.Miss Beryl EnnisMr. Christopher …

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

SanctionFine

CostsJMD 10,000

Dishonesty foundNo

Attorney Humphrey McPherson was found guilty of professional misconduct for failing to file Accountant's Reports for the years 2002-2006 on time (they were eventually filed 31 May 2010). He admitted the late filing but disputed guilt based on his interpretation of Regulation 16; the Panel rejected his submission. He was fined $10,000 per year (total $50,000) plus $10,000 costs, totaling $60,000.

Duties found breached:

Accounting records, reconciliation and reports

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_fine_amount=50000"]

Duties engaged

Accounting records, reconciliation and reports

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Documents

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Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/humphrey-lee-mcpherson-complaint-no-205-of-2007/