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John Alexander Churchill Sinclair

JurisdictionJamaica
BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)
Professionattorney
Case number158 of 1999
DateJune 09, 2001
OutcomeDismissed, Reprimanded

Allegation / charges

Dismissed, Reprimanded | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered June 09, 2001. View PDF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERA LEGAL COUNCILCOMPLAINT NO. 158/99 CLIFTON BAILEY COMPLAINANT AND JOHN SINCLAIR RESPONDENT PANEL:PAMELA E. BENKA-COKER Q.C. - CHAIRMANMR. JEROME LEE …

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

SanctionReprimand
CostsJMD 5,000
Dishonesty foundNo

The respondent attorney was retained through his firm to conduct divorce proceedings for the complainant. The attorney failed to keep the complainant informed of the progress of his matter despite several attempts to contact him. The panel found the attorney in breach of Canon 4(r) and dismissed the other charges. No dishonesty was found. The attorney was reprimanded and ordered to pay costs of $5000.00 to the complainant.

Duties found breached:

Duties engaged

Other decisions involving this respondent

  • Decision 2005-05-05 · GLC · Jamaica · Fined
  • 176 of 1995 1999-02-12 · GLC · Jamaica · Fined

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Documents

Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/john-alexander-churchill-sinclair-complaint-no-158-of-1999/