Daimian Masters

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

Complainants Cooper and Fearon retained Attorney Daimian Masters in September 2013 for a land purchase in Knockpatrick, Manchester, paying him $485,000 (deposit, half costs and GCT) and a further $950,000. The transaction was never completed, the Attorney provided no information, ceased communication, and failed to repay the $950,000 he promised to return with interest. The Attorney did not appear. The Panel found him a credible complainant's case proven and found breaches of Canons IV(r), IV(s), VII(b)(ii) and I(b). No express finding of dishonesty was made. Sanctions were deferred to a separate hearing.

Duties found breached:

• Overriding duty to the court
• Uphold public trust in the profession
• No conflict between current clients
• No improper use of client money