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Helen Jeffords 04/05/2022 In the matter of Helen Jeffords, a solicitor previously practising as Helen Jeffords and Co at Plunkett Chambers Business Centre, 21/23 Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2015[2020/DT09, 2020/DT10, and High Court record 2022 no 158 SA] Law Society of Ireland (applicant) Helen Jeffords (respondent solicitor) 2020/DT09 On 4 May 2022, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of misconduct, in that she: 1) Failed to comply with a section 10 notice, served on her on 15 November 2019, requiring her to transmit the original file in relation to the complaint to the Law Society, 2) Failed to comply with the direction made by the Complaints and Client Relations Committee at its meeting on 11 February 2020 that she transmit the original file to the complainant’s new solicitor within seven days of the date of notification of the decision, which was on 17 February 2020, 3) Failed to respond to the Society’s letters in a timely manner, adequately, or at all and, in particular, to letters dated 21 June 2019, 27 August 2019, 12 September 2019, 8 October 2019, 4 November 2019, 28 January 2020, 5 February 2020, and 17 February 2020. Details for Helen Jeffords
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