Donovan Occonor Malcolm

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

The Complainant paid an $820,000 deposit (receipt for $843,300 including GCT) to the Respondent Attorney, the Vendor's attorney, under a September 27, 2018 agreement to purchase property in Saint Catherine. When she could not secure financing, the deposit became refundable. Despite the Respondent promising by email of January 26, 2019 to refund the deposit, he failed to do so. The Respondent did not appear or file any response. The Panel found, beyond reasonable doubt, breaches of Canons 4(r), I(b) and VII(b)(ii), and found the Respondent guilty of professional misconduct. Sanction was deferred, with the Panel affording the Respondent the opportunity to address it on the sanction to be imposed.

Duties found breached:

• No improper use of client money
• Uphold public trust in the profession