Decision record

Winston L. Walters

JurisdictionJamaica

BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)

Professionattorney

Case number53 of 1996

DateJanuary 30, 1999

OutcomeFined

Allegation / charges

Fined | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered January 30, 1999. View PDF NOTE OF ORAL JUDGEMENT COMPLAINT NO. 53 OF 1996 BEFORE THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL BETWEEN LAURA MURRAY COMPLAINANT AND WINSTON WALTERS RESPONDENT BEFORE MRS. …

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

SanctionFine

FineJMD 50,000

CostsJMD 2,000

Dishonesty foundNo

Complainant retained the attorney in 1977 to administer her late husband's estate and in 1980 to probate her father's will. By the 1999 hearing the attorney had not completed the work and never appeared. The Committee found him guilty of professional misconduct for breaching Canons IV(R) and IV(S), imposing a $50,000 fine ($30,000 to Complainant, $20,000 to GLC) and $2,000 costs. No dishonesty found.

Duties found breached:

Aggravating factors:

Failed to complete the retained work over many years (retained 1977 and 1980, incomplete by 1999)
Failed to attend to give any explanation
Never appeared at any hearing dates despite being duly served

Duties engaged

Other decisions involving this respondent

214 of 2002 2004-07-03 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck off
65 of 2000 2003-12-17 · GLC · Jamaica · Fined
118 of 2002 2003-10-28 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck off, Repayment Ordered
162 of 1998 2000-02-19 · GLC · Jamaica · Fined
166 of 1997 2000-02-05 · GLC · Jamaica · Reprimanded, Fined
161 of 1998 2000-01-15 · GLC · Jamaica · Suspended, Fined

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Documents

📄 Decision / judgment 43 KB (archived)

Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/winston-l-walters-complaint-no-53-of-1996/