Solicitor struck off for client payment deficit
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View ArticleTwo 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...
View ArticleTribunal 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...
View ArticleDublin 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...
View ArticleSolicitor 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...
View ArticleSolicitor 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...
View ArticleSolicitor 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...
View ArticleHigh 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...
View ArticleDisciplinary 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...
View ArticleSolicitor 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...
View ArticleGerald 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...
View ArticleSolicitor 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...
View ArticleSolicitor 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...
View ArticleCompensation solicitors lose appeal
Solicitors who took millions of pounds from compensation payouts given to sick miners have lost their High Court appeal...
View ArticleSolicitor 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...
View ArticleRise 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...
View ArticleHigh 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...
View ArticleVinay 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....
View ArticleGalway 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...
View ArticleSolicitor 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....
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