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Antonnette Haughton Cardenas

JurisdictionJamaica
BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)
Professionattorney
Case number3 of 2010
DateFebruary 05, 2011
OutcomeAlready Struck off

Allegation / charges

Already Struck off | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered February 05, 2011. View PDF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT NO. 3 OF 2010 IN THE MATTER OF A COMPLAINT BY ISMORE GORDON vs ANTONNETTE …

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

SanctionNo Order
Dishonesty foundNo

Mr. Ismore Gordon complained that Attorney Antonnette Haughton-Cardenas, instructed in 1997 in relation to claims arising from the death and injuries of his children, failed to advance the matters, failed to provide information on their progress, and could not be located after moving offices. The Committee found her guilty of professional misconduct in breach of Canons IV(r) and IV(s), and found she acted with inexcusable and deplorable negligence. Although she could have been struck off, the Panel could not do so because she had already been struck off the Roll, so no further order was made.

Duties found breached:

Aggravating factors:

  • Attorney had been previously struck off the Roll of Attorneys
  • Failed to respond to client and successor attorney requests for the file
  • Moved offices without informing client

Duties engaged

Other decisions involving this respondent

  • 2 of 2006 2012-12-08 · GLC · Jamaica · Fined
  • 63 of 2009 2011-07-06 · GLC · Jamaica · Repayment ordered, Already struck off
  • 66 of 2009 2011-02-05 · GLC · Jamaica · Repayment Ordered, Struck off
  • 49 of 2008 2011-01-29 · GLC · Jamaica · Repayment Ordered
  • 63 of 2009 2010-09-18 · GLC · Jamaica · Restitution ordered, Already Struck off
  • 131 of 2007 2010-05-22 · GLC · Jamaica · Fined
  • 41 of 2007 2009-07-31 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck off, Repayment Ordered
  • 45 of 2008 2009-05-12 · GLC · Jamaica · GLC Appeal allowed
  • 167 of 2003 2008-04-01 · GLC · Jamaica · Deferred (Decision Pending Attorney Response)
  • 82 of 2006 2007-12-20 · GLC · Jamaica · Appeal allowed

Matched by respondent name — may include a different person with the same name.

Documents

Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/antonnette-haughton-cardenas-complaint-no-3-of-2010/