Lawyer 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 ArticleSolicitor struck off over ‘repeated disgraceful’ conduct
A solicitor has been struck off over what the High Court court heard was “repeated disgraceful” conduct involving a number of clients being left without money due to them or any explanations about what...
View ArticleLaw Society says it acted swiftly in Thomas Byrne case
The Law Society has defended its handling of the Thomas Byrne case after the former solicitor was sentenced to 16 years in prison for the largest white-collar crime ever to come before the courts....
View ArticleConvicted judge faces being struck off solicitors roll for second time
A disgraced former district court judge is facing being struck off for a second time following a Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal on yesterday. In 2012, Heather Perrin was sentenced to two-and-a-half...
View ArticleExcess charges of €340,000 in solicitors’ work on €14m estate
Two solicitors overcharged by €340,000 for their work on administering the estate of a woman who left €14 million to the St Vincent de Paul charitable society, the High Court has been told. Gerard...
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 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 ArticleConvicted judge faces being struck off solicitors roll for second time
A disgraced former district court judge is facing being struck off for a second time following a Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal on yesterday. In 2012, Heather Perrin was sentenced to two-and-a-half...
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...
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 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 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 ArticleConvicted judge faces being struck off solicitors roll for second time
A disgraced former district court judge is facing being struck off for a second time following a Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal on yesterday. In 2012, Heather Perrin was sentenced to two-and-a-half...
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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