Frank McMahon, husband of Betty Lorraine McMahon passes away at the Harbour Road home. Bettina McMahon contacts Julian Hall to ask him to represent her mother. Bettina McMahon writes a letter to Julian Hall saying "we have such a project ahead of us." The letter suggested that Bettina wanted to use Mr. Hall to get her mother to give her more money. Mr. Hall goes to Mrs. McMahon's house with daughter Bettina McMahon and two Police officers because Bettina had been barred from the house by those in charge of her affairs. a slew of angry correspondence begins between Mr. Hall and lawyer John Campbell, who held the power of attorney over Mrs. McMahon, before Mr. Hall. Mrs. McMahon swears an affidavit in front of lawyer Mark Telemaque saying she wants Mr. Hall to be her lawyer. Mrs. McMahon signs the power of attorney over to Mr. Hall. Mr. Hall replaced Ken Morgan and John Campbell as directors of Mrs. McMahon's holding company, Devonian Limited. Mrs. McMahon signed a revocation order giving the power of attorney to accountant Paul Hubbard.

a series of bank transfers from Mrs. McMahon's account to Mr. Hall's account totalling half a million dollars. Mrs. McMahon was declared incompetent and became a patient under the mental health act.

In investigating Mrs. McMahon's records, Mr. Hubbard finds a large sum of money had been transferred from Mrs. McMahon's Bank of Bermuda account to Mr. Hall's Bermuda Commercial Bank Account. Mr. Hubbard notifies the Police and an investigation began. Paul Hubbard receives two boxes of documents containing documents from Mr. Hall's office. Mr. Hall is ordered to pay Mrs. McMahon $1.6 million plus seven percent interest. As legal proceedings drag on, he is charged with stealing from the woman. he was declared bankrupt and prohibited from practising as a lawyer. Mr. Hall is arrested on suspicion of stealing at his residence after arriving on the Island. Mr. Hall appears in Magistrates' Court before prosecutor Vinette Graham-Allen. He is officially charged with stealing more than half a million. Mr. Hall tells the prosecutor to "bring it on". Mr. Hall says he had been suffering from a chronic illness for about four years. Acting Senior Magistrate Carlisle Greaves rules there is enough evidence to proceed with a charge of stealing more than half a million dollars. Travel restrictions were lifted to allow Mr. Hall to go overseas to work. Mr. Hall's trial in the Supreme Court begins. Mr. Hall is found not guilty of five counts of stealing by a unanimous verdict.