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Philip Meagher 03/11/2022 In the matter of Philip Meagher, a solicitor practising as Midland Legal Solicitors, Fitzmaurice House, Bank Place, Portlaoise, Co Laois, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2015[2021/DT03] Law Society of Ireland (applicant) Philip Meagher (respondent solicitor) On 3 November 2022, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of professional misconduct, in that he: 1) Failed to comply with an undertaking furnished to a named bank on 2 July 2007 in respect his named clients and borrowers and property at Mountrath, Co Laois, in a timely or at all, 2) Failed to respond to letters from the Society in a timely manner, within the time provided, or at all, dated 30 August 2013, 24 January 2014, 2 April 2014, 28 July 2014, 20 August 2014, 2 October 2014, 5 February 2015, 9 March 2015, 21 August 2015, 22 October 2015, 22 June 2016, 21 July 2016, 23 January 2017, 13 July 2017, 9 January 2018, 10 April 2018, 17 July 2018, and 1 November 2019. The tribunal ordered that the respondent solicitor: · Stand advised and admonished, · Pay a sum of €4,000 to the compensation fund, · Pay the sum a €2,512 as a contribution towards the whole of the costs of the applicant.Details for Philip Meagher
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