Karel Donaldson wanted to have her name added to the title for a property that was already registered in her cousin’s name when she hired attorney-at-law Debby-Ann Samuels in 2017.

Both women agreed on a fee of $80,000 for the transaction, which the attorney indicated would be completed in approximately six months.

But up to 2024, when a complaint filed by Donaldson was heard by a disciplinary panel of the General Legal Council (GLC), her name had not been added to the title, though she paid Samuels a total of $183,300, the panel concluded when it found the attorney guilty of professional misconduct.