Decision record
Sean Garvin Moses Osbourne
Allegation / charges
Guilty of Professional Misconduct | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered November 03, 2023. | Struck off, Restitution ordered | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered January 26, 2024. | Formal Order View PDF AMENDED FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL …
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The Complainant Church, through Mr. Edwin Scott, retained Attorney Sean Osbourne to act in the purchase of land at Newtown, Braeton, and transmitted $720,000.00 to him. The Attorney received the funds but failed to use them for the intended purpose, failed to account, failed to complete the purchase, and failed to communicate. The Committee found him guilty of professional misconduct under section 12(1)(a) of the Legal Profession Act. He was struck from the roll and ordered to pay restitution of $720,000.00 plus costs of $150,000.00 each to the GLC and the Complainant. No express finding of dishonesty was stated in the decision.
Duties found breached:
- No improper communication with the court
- Uphold public trust in the profession
- Complaints procedure and handling
- No improper use of client money
- Prompt accounting and return of money
- No baseless or threatened misconduct report
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_costs_amount=300000"]
Duties engaged
Other decisions involving this respondent
Matched by respondent name — may include a different person with the same name.