Solicitor Disciplinary Tribunal Decisions

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Name
Thomas Ryan
Address
Thomas Ryan & Co, Solicitors, 145 Navan Road, Dublin 7
Date of Order
30/11/2020
Decision
 
In the matter of Thomas Ryan, a solicitor previously practising as Thomas Ryan & Co, Solicitors, at 145 Navan Road, Dublin 7, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2015 [2020/DT12]
 Law Society of Ireland (applicant)
 Thomas Ryan (respondent solicitor)
  
 On 30 November 2021, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of professional misconduct, in that he:
 1) Failed to account to the named complainant for the sum of €10,500 received in 2014 in a timely manner or at all, having
 2) Received that €10,500 into his personal bank account, in breach of the Solicitors Accounts Regulations, and
 3) Informed the Society on a number of occasions that he did not receive the sum of €10,500 from the complainant.
  
 The tribunal ordered that the respondent solicitor:
 1) Be censured,
 2) Pay a sum of €7,500 to the compensation fund,
 3) Pay the sum of €2,263 towards the costs of the Society.