Sean Garvin Moses Osbourne

Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision

The Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council found Attorney Sean Moses Osbourne guilty of professional misconduct, including withdrawing from the Complainant's employment without avoiding foreseeable prejudice, failing to complete business with due expedition, deplorable negligence, failing to maintain the honour of the profession, and failing to account for client funds. The Panel expressly found the Respondent's conduct dishonest. Aggravating factors included a breach of trust with a long-standing mentor, lack of contrition, and failure to return funds. Mitigating factors were health challenges and no prior infractions (first offence). The Attorney was struck off the roll, ordered to pay restitution of JMD 720,000 to the Complainant, and costs of JMD 150,000 each to the GLC and the Complainant.

Duties found breached:

• Complaints procedure and handling
• No improper use of client money
• No taking unfair advantage
• Uphold public trust in the profession

Aggravating factors:

• Breach of trust and confidence in a long-standing relationship where the Complainant was a mentor to the Respondent
• Lack of contrition; failure to take responsibility from the initial period
• Funds still not handed over to the Complainant at the time of mitigation
• No assertion of a claim of right to the funds; falsely asserted he did not receive the funds
• Complainant had to find an additional $720,000 to complete the transaction

Mitigating factors:

• Health challenges requiring adjournments for a medical procedure
• No previous infractions; first adverse verdict/complaint
• Accepted the findings of the Tribunal

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_costs_amount=300000"]