Daimian Masters

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

The Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council found attorney Daimian Master guilty of professional misconduct under Canon VIII(d), having breached Canons I(b), IV(r), IV(s), and VII(b)(ii). The attorney was largely absent from the proceedings and advanced no mitigation. Noting that the attorney had already been struck off in another matter, the Committee ordered that his name be struck off the Roll of Attorneys. He was ordered to pay restitution of $110,000 to the complainant, plus costs of $50,000 to the complainant and $20,000 to the General Legal Council. No express finding of dishonesty was made.

Duties found breached:

• Uphold public trust in the profession
• Act only on proper, lawful instructions
• No conflict between current clients
• No improper use of client money

Aggravating factors:

• Attorney had already been struck off in another matter
• Attorney absent for all but one scheduled hearing date
• No material advanced in mitigation

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_costs_amount=70000"]