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Denis A. G. Tomlinson

JurisdictionJamaica
BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)
Professionattorney
Case number08 of 1995
DateNovember 09, 1996
OutcomeSuspended, Restitution Ordered

Allegation / charges

Suspended, Restitution Ordered | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered November 09, 1996. View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL MADE ON COMPLAINT NO. 08 of 1995 IN THE MATTER OF CLYDE & FREDRIKA …

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

SanctionSuspension
CostsUSD 352
Dishonesty foundNo

The Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council found attorney-at-law Denis Tomlinson guilty of misconduct in a professional respect on a complaint by Clyde and Fredrika Legendre. Tomlinson did not appear. He was suspended from practice for six months (or until payment of the ordered sums, whichever is later), ordered to pay US$4,300.00 restitution to the complainants, and ordered to pay costs of US$352.00 and J$12,000.00.

Duties found breached:

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_suspension_months=6"]

Duties engaged

Other decisions involving this respondent

  • 59 of 1995 1997-02-15 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck off

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Documents

Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/denis-a-g-tomlinson-complaint-no-08-of-1995/