Solicitor Disciplinary Tribunal Decisions

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Back to listDetails for Thomas K. Madden
Name
Thomas K. Madden
Address
Date of Order
23/05/2022
Decision
In the matter of Thomas K Madden, a solicitor practising as Thomas K Madden and Company, Solicitors, 1 Camlin View, Longford, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2015[2018/DT14]
Law Society of Ireland (applicant)
Thomas Madden (respondent solicitor)
 
On 23 May 2022, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of professional misconduct, in that he:
1)    Drew costs (fees and other amounts due to the solicitor) from the client account by means of client account cheques payable to the clients, some of which were endorsed on the back by the solicitor and the clients,
2)    Made misleading entries in the books of accounts regarding payment to clients, which payments were actually made to the solicitor,
3)    Caused or allowed a personal injury claim client to endorse the back of a blank client account cheque,
4)    Failed to comply with the current anti-money-laundering client identification requirement in the sample of files examined,
5)    Breached one of the conditions of his 2015 practising certificate by issuing a number of client cheques that had not been countersigned as required,
6)    Failed to lodge to the office account and to record the receipt in the office account books of the practice certain costs drawn from the client account by means of client account cheques payable to the client,
7)    Conducted a number of transactions involving cash received from the client account in 2013 and/or 2014 off the books.
 
The tribunal ordered that the respondent solicitor:
1)    Stand censured, 
2)    Pay a sum of €5,000 to the compensation fund, 
3)    Pay a sum of €5,651 as a contribution towards the whole of the costs of the applicant.