U.S. Government Blasts Bar Association
The US government has criticized the Bahamas Bar Association for failing to pursue complaints about the conduct of member attorneys, disclosing that several of its citizens had suffered “significant losses” on flawed real estate deals. Read more; https://goo.gl/duvopF
76 Complaints Made in 2017
76 Complaints Made To Bar Association’s Ethics Committee In 2017. THE BAHAMAS Bar Association’s Ethics Committee received close to 80 complaints in 2017, it’s president said Friday, with just 12 per cent of that total currently settled and/or closed. Read full story; https://goo.gl/kr8izS
‘Outrage’ Over Punishment For Oceania Lawyer
Oceania Heights victims were “depressed” after learning the Tribunal elected to suspend attorney Anthony Thompson for six months, and require him to pay the Bar $750 in costs, over claims he failed to use their monies to pay Stamp Duty as required. Read story; https://goo.gl/vs3QNz
Senior Attorney Guilty Of ‘Gross Misconduct’
The Bahamas Bar Association’s Disciplinary Tribunal found that Anthony Thompson’s service to Canadian couple, Chris and Jane Bain, fell “far below acceptable standard” after he failed to inform them he was representing both parties to the deal.Conflict of interest? Apparently , not in The Bahamas…..Read more; https://goo.gl/6aszb3
Bahamas In ‘Catch Up On Land Conveyancing’
“We have many overlapping claims relating to land where you have several people claiming to own the same piece of land,” she said. “We have uncertainty regarding ownership of land, and the hot topic right now is what the Privy Council recently raised and the fact that land in the Bahamas is often stolen.”
The London-based Privy Council recently reiterated concerns that the Bahamas’ Quieting Titles Act can be used to steal land, saying it was “no accident” that it has heard numerous title disputes from this nation. Read more; https://goo.gl/AaUkVv
Legal Bid To Jail Bar President
JUST months after taking up the post of Bahamas Bar Association president, Mr. Elsworth Johnson is facing an attempt by one of its members to have him committed to prison for contempt.
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