George Roland Holland

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

George Roland Holland, called to the bar in 1980, was suspended effective April 3, 2019 for failing to complete his 2018 CPD. He practised law while suspended for approximately one month between April 3 and June 11, 2019, contrary to section 15 of the Legal Profession Act and rule 7.1-1 of the Code, which he admitted constituted professional misconduct. Under a Rule 3-7.1 consent agreement accepted September 15, 2021, he agreed to a one-month suspension commencing October 1, 2021. No dishonesty was found.

Duties found breached:

• No baseless or threatened misconduct report

Aggravating factors:

• Prior professional conduct record including a prior administrative suspension (April 3-5, 2017) for failure to complete 2016 CPD

Mitigating factors:

• Admitted misconduct and entered into consent agreement
• Acknowledged poor judgment and failure to apprehend the seriousness of the suspension