Hubert Elrington Fails to Meet Judgment Deadline

There’s an update tonight on the High Court ruling against Senior Counsel Hubert Elrington. When we checked with court sources today, we were told that no payment has been made as yet, even though the court-ordered deadline has already passed. In January, the High Court found that Elrington breached his fiduciary duties as executor of the estate of the late James Lightburn. The court ruled that he failed to properly account for and distribute estate funds and described the breaches as grave. He was ordered to repay more than three hundred and thirty-seven thousand Belize dollars, along with five percent annual interest dating back to June of 2017 and an additional ten thousand dollars in legal costs. The judgment also required him to submit full and accurate estate accounts and directed that a copy of the decision be forwarded to the General Legal Council and the Bar Association for possible disciplinary action. This ruling follows a separate decision late last year, when the General Legal Council suspended Elrington for six months for grave professional misconduct in an unrelated matter and ordered him to refund approximately six thousand dollars to a client. Now that the High Court-ordered repayment has not been made, the matter could now proceed with enforcement action.

 

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