Decision record
Daimian Masters
Allegation / charges
Guilty of Professional Misconduct | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered July 23, 2016. || Struck off again, Restitution Ordered | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered June 24, 2017. View PDF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT NO: …
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council of Jamaica found attorney Daimian Master guilty of professional misconduct for breaching Canons I(b), IV(r), IV(s), VII(b)(ii) and VIII(d) in relation to complainant Kirk Smith. Noting the attorney had already been struck off in another matter, the Committee ordered his name struck off the Roll, ordered restitution of $110,000 to the complainant, and costs of $50,000 to the complainant and $20,000 to the GLC. 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
- Report serious misconduct of others
Aggravating factors:
- Attorney had already been struck off in another matter
- Attorney largely absent from proceedings, present only once
- No material advanced in mitigation
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_costs_amount=70000"]
Duties engaged
- Uphold public trust in the profession
- Act only on proper, lawful instructions
- Disclose material information to client
- Keep client informed and respond promptly
- No conflict between current clients
- No improper use of client money
- Prompt accounting and return of money
- Accounting records, reconciliation and reports
- Competence
- Diligence and timeliness
- Report serious misconduct of others
Other decisions involving this respondent
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Documents
Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/daimian-masters-complaint-no-44-of-2014/