Trevor M.A. Malcolm

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

Trevor Malcolm, a salaried attorney at Robinson, Phillips & Whitehorne, received moneys on behalf of the firm across eighteen transactions totalling $4,750.00 and failed to account for them. He admitted the allegations. The Committee found his conduct dishonest, dishonourable and disgraceful, rejected his claim that he intended to return the money, and found him guilty of professional misconduct. His name was struck off the Roll and he was ordered to make restitution of $4,750.00.

Duties found breached:

• Honesty
• Good faith and courtesy to colleagues

Aggravating factors:

• All eighteen transactions were discovered by the firm and not disclosed by the Respondent
• Respondent resigned and left the firm without divulging he had received and failed to account for the sums in all but the first transaction

Mitigating factors:

• Full admission of the allegations
• Comprehensive and candid plea in mitigation
• Claimed intention to return the money (rejected by Committee)