Court 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 ArticleHong Kong Law Society president seeks senior counsel status for solicitors
The professional body for solicitors has made a fresh call for its senior members to be given proper recognition by according them the status of senior counsel - a title which is currently only given...
View ArticleLawyers’ fees must reflect economy, says president of High Court
Lawyers cannot make “comfortable assumptions” about legal fees remaining at the levels payable before the recession, the president of the High Court has warned. Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns said fees...
View ArticleTánaiste Welcomes the First Meeting of the New Legal Services Regulatory...
(Source: Department of Justice and Equality of Ireland) · New Regulatory Authority held its first meeting on today · Tánaiste met and congratulated Dr. Don Thornhill, Chairperson, and the other members...
View ArticleBarristers dismiss ‘rather silly’ solicitors’ claims on law and life
The representative body for barristers has described as “unfortunate and rather silly” a claim by the Law Society that solicitors have wider experience of “law and life” than barristers. The exchange...
View ArticleBarrister seeks to stop sanctions over breach of code of conduct
A barrister has launched a High Court action aimed at preventing an internal disciplinary tribunal from imposing sanctions on him. The action has been brought by Alan Toal BL, who claimed in court...
View ArticleCase of former solicitor who stole from clients to be re-heard
The case of a former solicitor who stole €260,000 from her clients is to be re-heard after the sentencing judge realised that a member of her wider family knows a relative of the accused. Jacqueline...
View ArticleMinister Fitzgerald welcomes the completion of passage of the Legal Services...
(Source: Department of Justice and Equality of Ireland) 15 December 2015 The Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald TD has welcomed the completion of all stages the Legal Services...
View ArticleGerald Kean loses appeal against finding of misconduct
The High Court has dismissed solicitor Gerald Kean’s appeal against a finding of professional misconduct arising out of his handling of a former client’s case. In a judgment today High Court President...
View ArticleFormer Mayo solicitor who stole from clients jailed for a year
A former solicitor who stole €260,000 from her clients over a three year period has been jailed for a year. Jacqueline Durcan (47), a mother-of-five originally from Co Mayo, carried out the thefts...
View ArticleCanberra lawyer disbarred for professional misconduct
A Canberra lawyer has been banned from practising law after a court found he had misused money he held in trust for clients. The ACT Supreme Court earlier this month ordered Mark Andrew Slater's name...
View Article'Harry Potter' lawyer 'failed to keep client records'
A lawyer criticised for dressing "like something out of Harry Potter" did not keep proper records because they were a waste of paper, a tribunal has heard. Alan Blacker angered a judge at Cardiff Crown...
View ArticleDiluted Legal Services Regulation Bill has 235 amendments and counting
Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald has said long-awaited legislation to reform the legal profession will be in place by the end of the year. However the Legal Services Regulation Bill, originally...
View ArticleLawyer jailed for stealing from clients
An Auckland lawyer who stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from clients has today been jailed for 2-1/2 years. Richard Holland, 57, appeared in the Auckland District Court for sentencing this...
View ArticleLaw Society suspends solicitor from practising
The Law Society has secured interim orders to freeze the accounts of a solicitor after he disclosed a deficit of up to €400,000 in a client account. In documents supplied to the court Barry Murphy, a...
View ArticleAuckland lawyer Minkai Huang struck off
An Auckland lawyer convicted of stealing from a client has been struck off. Minkai Huang was sentenced to community work for taking $9500 worth of fees from a client. The New...
View ArticleFormer solicitor stole €260k from clients after series of 'catastrophic'...
A former solicitor who was €6.5 million in debt stole €260,000 from her clients after she made a series of “catastrophic” investments during the property boom, a court has heard. Share Former solicitor...
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 ArticleBid to stop tribunal from placing sanctions on barrister dismissed
The High Court has dismissed a barrister’s action aimed at preventing an internal disciplinary tribunal from imposing sanctions on him. Lawyers for Alan Toal BL, who initiated the proceedings after an...
View ArticleGerald Kean professional misconduct appeal dismissed
The High Court has dismissed solicitor Gerald Kean's appeal against a finding of professional misconduct arising out of his handling of a former client's case. High Court President Justice Nicholas...
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