The Privy Council, Jamaica's highest court, has agreed to hear the appeal of an attorney-at-law who was suspended from practice and ordered to pay US$35,000 following a disputed transaction involving a property in Trelawny.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council granted Lisamae Gordon permission to appeal on June 3.

The central issue before the top court is whether the General Legal Council (GLC) and the Jamaican Court of Appeal erred in finding that Gordon, who represented the vendor, owed a duty of care the property’s prospective purchasers and negligently breached it?