Kearney murder appeal refused'My family will be heartbroken for the rest of our lives'Victim's false evidence sees judge dismiss damages claimMother not entitled to...
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Solicitor struck off for client payment deficit
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Two solicitors fined €25,000 each for misconduct charges
John Downes Two Co Mayo based solicitors were yesterday censured and fined €25,000 each plus costs by a disciplinary tribunal after it found they were guilty of a range of professional misconduct charges. But the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal in Dublin ruled that Michael McDarby and Se�n Acton, of Michael McDarby and Co in Ballinrobe, should not be struck off. This was despite an application for this "ultimate penalty" from their...
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Tribunal recommends Dublin solicitor be struck off
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has recommended well-known Dublin solicitor Greg O’Neill be struck off the roll of solicitors after finding him guilty of several counts of professional misconduct arising from his handling of a number of cases and failure to pay sums totalling some €35,000 to five complainants. While the tribunal took on board the good work “of a public service nature” carried on over years by Mr O’Neill, it considered him unfit to be a solicitor given...
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Dublin solicitor struck off over professional misconduct
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has recommended well-known Dublin solicitor Greg O’Neill be struck off the roll of solicitors after finding him guilty of several counts of professional misconduct arising from his handling of a number of cases and failure to pay sums totalling some €35,000 to five complainants. While the tribunal took on board the good work “of a public service nature” carried on over years by Mr O’Neill, it considered him unfit to be a solicitor given...
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Solicitor struck off over bank charge
The High Court has struck off a solicitor for misconduct over her failure to comply with an undertaking to register...
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Solicitor Byrne struck off register and fined €1m
Dublin solicitor Thomas Byrne has been struck off the roll of solicitors and fined €1m by the High Court. Mr Justice...
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Solicitor who claimed to be partner in law firm struck off
A Cork solicitor who claimed to be a partner in a firm of solicitors when giving an undertaking to a bank concerning a €127,000 loan to buy land, which he later failed to comply with, has been struck off the roll of solicitors by the High Court. Greg Casey, of Casey and Co Solicitors, North Main Street, Bandon, Co...
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High Court suspends solicitor over alleged missing Euro900,000
THE HIGH Court has frozen the assets of and suspended a solicitor from whose companies' client accounts Euro900,000 is missing, it is alleged. Mr Justice Peter Charleton yesterday made orders against solicitor Declan J McEvoy after being informed the Law Society's fitness to practise committee had formed the view he had acted dishonestly. The Law...
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Disciplinary tribunal recommends Dublin solicitor be struck off
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has recommended that Dublin solicitor Greg O’Neill be struck off the roll of solicitors after finding him guilty of several counts of professional misconduct arising from his handling of a number of cases; failure to pay sums totalling some €35,000 to five complainants; and accounting failures at his practice. While the tribunal took on board the good work “of a public service nature” carried on over years by Mr O’Neill, it considered him unfit to be a solicitor, given the findings of professional misconduct and the effect of that misconduct on those involved, said...
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Solicitor is banned from practising on his own
A Dublin solicitor, Sean Allen, has been barred from practising as a solicitor on his own after failing to register a clients property deed for six years. Allen, who formerly practised as Sean...
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Gerald McKay struck off
The New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal has ordered that Gerald George McKay be struck from the Roll of Barristers and Solicitors. The Tribunal found Mr McKay guilty of one charge of professional misconduct by acting for a number ......
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Solicitor suspended and bank accounts frozen after court order
The High Court has made orders suspending a Dublin solicitor and freezing his bank accounts after a deficit of Euro90,000 was discovered in his...
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Solicitor struck off over missing Euro1.18m
THE HIGH Court has struck off a solicitor who had a deficit of Euro1.18 million in client funds. Mr Justice Iarfhlaith � Neill granted the strike-off order on the application of the Law Society against Michael Small, who became enrolled as a solicitor in 2003. Mr Small opposed the application. The solicitor ,...
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Compensation solicitors lose appeal
Solicitors who took millions of pounds from compensation payouts given to sick miners have lost their High Court appeal...
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Solicitor fails to prevent lifting of anonymity order
A solicitor accused of misappropriating almost €370,000 in client and other funds has failed to prevent the lifting of a court order giving him anonymity. Peter Kenny, whose practice of Kenny Associates, College Street, Carlow, is now being administered by another firm, had admitted receiving...
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Rise in complaints to solicitors tribunal
Complaints to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal rose by almost two thirds last year. The Law Society referred 45 solicitors to the tribunal last year, according to the tribunals annual report. A further 38 complaints came from...
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High Court suspends two Dublin solicitors
Two solicitors in a well-known Dublin law firm who admitted operating secret accounts in a deliberate bid to evade tax were suspended yesterday by the High Court, writes Mary Carolan. � The secret accounts operated by Henry Colley and Colm Carroll included an Ulster Bank deposit account in which lodgements of at least €32 million were made in a three-year period, the court heard. Much of those funds were fees paid to the solicitors...
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Vinay Deobhakta struck off roll of barristers and solicitors
The New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal has ordered former Tauranga lawyer Vinay Deobhakta to be struck off the roll of barristers and solicitors....
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Galway soliticor John Martin Carr struck off for misconduct
The High Court has struck off a solicitor for professional misconduct, including for misrepresenting himself as a partner in a law firm when he was not. John Martin Carr (57), formerly practising in Rhatigan and Co, Liosbaun House, Tuam Road, Galway, had a “history of misdemeanours”, the president of the High Court, Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns, said. A Solicitors’...
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Solicitor who misappropriated client funds is struck off for misconduct
High Court:�A solicitor who misappropriated almost Euro70,000 of client funds and allowed a Euro271,000 deficit to arise on his client account has been struck off for misconduct by the High Court. James M...
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