Solicitor Disciplinary Tribunal Decisions

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Back to listDetails for Michelle Cronin
Name
Michelle Cronin
Address
Kennedy Buildings, 24 Main Street, Tallaght Village, Dublin 24
Date of Order
14/02/2022
Decision
In the matter of Michelle Cronin, a solicitor previously practising as Michelle Cronin Solicitors at Kennedy Buildings, 24 Main Street, Tallaght Village, Dublin 24 [2020/DT13 and High Court record 2022 no 3SA]
Law Society of Ireland (applicant)
Michelle Cronin (respondent solicitor)
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal dealt with a complaint against the respondent solicitor on 1 July 2021, and again on 28 October 2021, and found her guilty of professional misconduct, in that she:
1) Failed to comply with an undertaking furnished to the complainant on behalf of Kildare County Council, which undertaking was furnished under cover of a letter dated 7 April 2017 and was furnished in respect of her named clients and property in Naas, Co Kildare, being lands contained in a Kildare folio, in a timely manner,
2) Failed to respond to the complainant’s letters of 4 January 2019 and 29 August 2019 in connection with the outstanding undertaking,
3) Failed to respond to the Society’s letters of 30 January 2020 and 4 March 2020 in a timely manner, within the time provided, or at all.
The tribunal referred the matter to the President of the High Court who, in proceedings entitled 2022 no 3SA on 14 February 2022, ordered that the respondent solicitor not be permitted to practise as a sole practitioner or in partnership, and that she be permitted only to practise as an assistant solicitor in the employment and under the direct control and supervision of another solicitor of at least ten years’ standing, to be approved in advance by the Law Society of Ireland.
The High Court also ordered that the solicitor pay the measured costs of the Society before the disciplinary tribunal and before the High Court.