Decision record
Maisha Shamilla Wilson-Campbell
Appeals and appellate references
- Appellate document — relationship to this matter unverified: Gresford Jones v The General Legal Council
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Allegation / charges
Guilty of Professional Misconduct | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered May 28, 2025. || Suspended | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered July 01, 2025. View PDF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT NO: 2/2023 IN THE …
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The Respondent attorney was retained on a property sale for a 2% fee. She acted with inexcusable delay, provided information piecemeal, presented multiple conflicting statements of account overcharging legal fees and inflating transfer tax by $135,000, and failed to give a true account until another lawyer intervened and a complaint was filed. The Panel found her guilty of professional misconduct under Canons IV(f), IV(r), VII(b)(ii) and I(b), making an express finding that she acted dishonestly in inflating the transfer tax. Sanction was deferred pending a mitigation hearing.
Duties found breached:
- No improper communication with the court
- Uphold public trust in the profession
- Fair, reasonable and lawful fees
- No improper use of client money
Aggravating factors:
- Presented five statements of account, three misstating legal fees and adding costs
- Denied having agreed to the 2% fee despite documentary evidence
- Correct final statement only provided after intervention of another lawyer and after complaint lodged
- Berated the complainant for questioning the statement of account
Mitigating factors:
- Eventually paid over all sums due to the complainants
- Some of the delay was attributable to the complainants (return of documents, mortgage arrears, banking information)
Duties engaged
- No improper communication with the court
- Honesty
- Personal probity and fitness to practise
- Uphold public trust in the profession
- Disclose material information to client
- Keep client informed and respond promptly
- Fair, reasonable and lawful fees
- No improper use of client money
- Prompt accounting and return of money
- Accounting records, reconciliation and reports
- Competence
- Diligence and timeliness
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