Solicitor Disciplinary Tribunal Decisions

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Name
Joanne Kangley
Address
Joanne Kangley Solicitors, Anne Street, Baileborough, Co Cavan
Date of Order
27/07/2020
Decision
 
In the matter of Joanne Kangley, a solicitor previously practising as Joanne Kangley Solicitors at Anne Street, Baileborough, Co Cavan, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2015 [2018/DT90 and High Court record 2020 33 SA]
 Law Society of Ireland (applicant)
 Joanne Kangley (respondent solicitor)
  
 On 23 January 2020, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of misconduct in her practice as a solicitor in that she:
 1) Failed to maintain adequate records to vouch a payment to a named person of €30,000 from the client ledger, out of settlement moneys of a named client,
 2) Made or allowed a misleading entry to be placed in the books of account and client ledger of that named client, indicating that a payment of €30,000 made to a named individual was a survey fee, when this was not true,
 3) Produced an authority from her client dated 7 January 2016, purporting to authorise the payment of €30,000 to the named individual,
 4) Described the deduction of €30,000 as the repayment of a loan or loans to a named individual, in circumstances where her client denied any knowledge of the named individual.
  
 The tribunal ordered the Law Society to bring these findings and report before the High Court, with its recommendations as to sanction as follows:
 1) The respondent solicitor be censured,
 2) The respondent solicitor pay the sum of €5,000 to the compensation fund,
 3) The respondent solicitor pay the sum of €30,000 as restitution or part restitution to the respondent solicitor’s former client without prejudice to any legal right of such party,
 4) The respondent solicitor pay measured costs to the Law Society.
  
 On 27 July 2020, the High Court, on consent, made orders as to sanction being those recommended by the tribunal, together with the measured costs of the tribunal and the High Court.