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 Church of God (Seventh Day) retained Attorney Sean Garvin Moses Osbourne to act in the purchase of land at Newtown, Braeton, and transmitted $720,000 to him. The Attorney received the funds but failed to use them for the intended purpose, failed to account for the money, failed to complete the purchase, and failed to communicate with the client. The Committee found him guilty of professional misconduct under s.12(1)(a) and ordered him struck from the roll, with restitution of $720,000 to the complainant and costs of $150,000 each to the GLC and the complainant. No express finding of dishonesty was recorded.
Duties found breached:
- No baseless or threatened misconduct report
- No improper communication with the court
- No improper use of client money
- Uphold public trust in the profession
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_costs_amount=300000"]