Lawyer summoned to appear before Legal Practitioners Committee

Attorney-at-Law Lesley Benjamin has been summoned to appear before the Legal Practitioners Committee (LPC) on Thursday, June 1 at 14:00h, according to a notice published in the dailies by Registrar of the Supreme Court of Judicature Sueanna Lovell.
The LPC is a body established under the Legal Practitioners (Amendment) Act which is charged with hearing and determining complaints made against attorneys-at-law.
A complaint has been filed against Benjamin by one Andrew Thomas.
According to the notice addressed to Benjamin’s office at Maraj Building, Charlotte and King Streets, Georgetown, and to her relatives and friends, if she fails to attend the hearing of the matter at the Court of Appeal, Kingston, Georgetown, it will be determined in her absence.
On March 16, 2022, acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards reconstituted the LPC with the following attorneys: Robin Stoby, SC; Rafiq Khan, SC; Andrew Pollard, SC; Rajendra Poonai, SC; Carole Boston, SC; Teni Housty; Horatio Edmondson; Onassis Granville; Kim Kyte-Thomas; Mandisa Breedy; Tracy Gibson; Lyndon Amsterdam; Dionne McCammon; Konyo Sandiford; Nikhil Ramkarran and Kashir Khan.
The Committee’s members shall hold office for three years.
Members of the public who want to lodge complaints against practicing members of the Bar can do so with the LPC at the Court of Appeal’s Registry.