Decision record
Howard A. Lettman
Allegation / charges
Suspended | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered November 25, 2017. View PDF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT NO: 62/2110 IN THE MATTER OF RUDOLF CAMPBELL and HOWARD LETTMAN an Attorney-at-Law AND IN THE MATTER …
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The Attorney was engaged in 1998 to have the Complainant's name endorsed on a land title through administration of an estate, and was fully paid by 2000. Eighteen years later the title had not been obtained and the Attorney failed to keep the Complainant informed. Proceeding in the Attorney's absence, the Committee found him guilty of professional misconduct in breach of Canons IV(r) and IV(s). He was suspended for six months and ordered to pay $100,000 costs. No finding of dishonesty was made.
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Business not completed after 18 years
- Failed to file any affidavit in defence
- Failed to appear despite multiple opportunities
- Failure to communicate with the Complainant
Mitigating factors:
- Some delays attributable to third-party stakeholders including a fire at the courts office in St. Mary and delays at the courts office
Duties engaged
Other decisions involving this respondent
- 116 of 2015
- 57 of 2008
- 212 of 2017
- 57 of 2008
- 215 of 2017
- 215 of 2017
- 16 of 2016
- 212 of 2017
- 16 of 2016
- 124 of 2015
Matched by respondent name — may include a different person with the same name.
Documents
Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/howard-a-lettman-complaint-no-62-of-2110/