Sean Garvin Moses Osbourne

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

The Church of God Seventh Day retained attorney Sean Osbourne to purchase land at Newtown Braeton, St. Catherine for JMD 24,000,000 cash. The Church transmitted JMD 720,000 to Osbourne to pay the vendor (Ministry of Housing). The Panel found the funds were received into Osbourne's account but he failed to apply them to the purchase, failed to account for them, failed to complete the transaction, and failed to communicate with the client. Osbourne initially denied receiving the funds, then reversed his position before the Panel, admitting his bank confirmed receipt. The Panel found his evidence untrustworthy and found professional misconduct proven beyond reasonable doubt on five of six charges. The charge of breaching the Legal Profession (Accounts and Records) Regulations was not made out. The Panel did not make an express finding of dishonesty. Sanction was adjourned to a later date for submissions, so no sanction was imposed in this decision.

Duties found breached:

• Act in the client's best interests
• No improper communication with the court
• No improper solicitation or touting
• No improper use of client money
• No taking unfair advantage
• Uphold public trust in the profession