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...
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 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 struck off for failing to comply with undertakings to banks
A solicitor who failed to comply with undertakings to banks in relation to property transactions for clients has been struck off by the High Court. J Finbar O’Gorman, who last practised in 2009 in...
View ArticleSolicitor with unblemished career found guilty of misconduct
A solicitor who had an unblemished 40-year career until he agreed to sell his practice to jailed lawyer Thomas Byrne is never to seek work in the profession again after being found guilty of...
View ArticleSolicitor struck off for ‘totally dishonouring’ undertaking
Mary Carolan A solicitor has been struck off for professional misconduct over “totally dishonouring” an undertaking to provide security for a €450,000 loan advanced to him by ICS Building Society. That...
View ArticleSolicitor admitted to taking €1.4 million from client accounts, High Court told
The Law Society has been given permission by the High Court to take control of the offices of a Co Monaghan solicitor who admitted he took almost €1.4 million from client accounts. Paul Madden, of Paul...
View ArticleSolicitor struck off over €1.4m deficit in clients’ funds
A solicitor has been struck off by the High Court after being found guilty of professional misconduct over a deficit of €1.4 million in client funds. Paul D Madden bought a €19,800 grand piano and paid...
View ArticleGerald Kean denials ‘made very, very little sense’, court told
Solicitor Gerald Kean’s denial of complaints made against him by a former client was “incoherent, confused and made very, very little sense”, the Law Society has told the High Court. This matter was...
View ArticleLawyer who slept with client suspended
A lawyer who had an intimate relationship with a client has been suspended for the maximum period the Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal can impose. The tribunal suspended Craig Ronald...
View ArticleIssues raised by barristers’ report will feed into disciplinary regime
Barristers don’t handle client money and they have less direct interaction with the public than solicitors. They are also fewer in number than the other arm of the profession, so it’s no surprise that...
View ArticleTownsville solicitor Alexander Baxter admits misappropriating $6.7m in...
A WELL known Townsville solicitor who admitted misappropriating almost $6.7 million in clients' trust funds over almost two years while he was gambling has been struck off. One client was defrauded of...
View ArticleGerald Kean denials ‘made very, very little sense’, court told
Solicitor Gerald Kean’s denial of complaints made against him by a former client was “incoherent, confused and made very, very little sense”, the Law Society has told the High Court. This matter was...
View ArticleDenise Rider-Bell struck off Queensland legal roll for overcharging client...
A LAWYER "preyed upon" an elderly prison inmate, overcharging him more than $30,000 for dozens of visits to jail she never made, a tribunal has found. Denise Rider-Bell has been struck off the...
View ArticleCourt told of ‘desperate efforts’ by Kean to cover up alleged failures
Solicitor Gerald Kean made “elaborate and increasingly desperate” efforts over months to cover up his alleged failures in dealing with a client’s case, the Law Society has told the High Court. The...
View ArticleNew legal Bill will bring much needed change at King’s Inns
The Honorable Society of King’s Inns was established in 1541, the same year in which the lordship of Ireland became a realm of King Henry VIII. From its outset, the King’s Inns had a gatekeeping,...
View ArticleJudgments: key cases in brief
Solicitor guilty of misconduct in attempting to cover up earlier mistake Kean v. Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal [2014]IEHC 432 (High Court, Kearns P, 23 September 2014) High Court dismisses appeal...
View ArticleCourt judgments - the week’s key legal cases in brief
Solicitor guilty of misconduct in attempting to cover up earlier mistake Kean v. Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal [2014]IEHC 432 (High Court, Kearns P, 23 September 2014) High Court dismisses appeal...
View ArticleBrent William Thomson struck off
Tuesday, 15 July 2014, 1:30 pm Press Release: MEDIA RELEASE �" For immediate use, 15 July 2014 Brent William Thomson struck off The New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal has...
View ArticleGregory Bryden Clarke struck off roll
Friday, 23 August 2013, 3:29 pm Press Release: MEDIA RELEASE �" For immediate use, 23 August 2013 Gregory Bryden Clarke struck off roll of barristers and solicitors Gregory Bryden Clarke of Dargaville...
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