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Linda Whelan 13/10/2022 In the matter of Linda Whelan, a solicitor previously practising as Ramsbottom Solicitors at College Street, Carlow, Co Carlow, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2015[2019/DT37] Law Society of Ireland (applicant) Linda Whelan (respondent solicitor) On 13 October 2022, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of professional misconduct in that she failed to ensure that there was furnished to the Society a closing accountant’s report, as required by regulation 33(2) of the Solicitors Accounts Regulations (SI 516 of 2014) in a timely manner or at all, having ceased practice on 30 November 2016. The tribunal ordered that the respondent solicitor: 1) Stand advised and admonished, 2) Pay the sum of €100 to the compensation fund, 3) Pay the sum of €2,274 as a contribution towards the whole of the costs of the applicant. Details for Linda Whelan
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