Solicitor Disciplinary Tribunal Decisions

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Name
Barry G O’Meara
Address
Barry G O’Meara & Co, Solicitors, Pembroke House, Pembroke Street, Cork
Date of Order
20/01/2020
Decision
 
In the matter of Barry G O’Meara, a  solicitor practising as Barry G O’Meara & Co, Solicitors, at Pembroke  House, Pembroke Street, Cork, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2015  [2018/DT27]
Law Society of Ireland (applicant)
Barry G O’Meara (respondent solicitor)
 
On 30 January 2020, the Solicitors  Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of professional  misconduct in that he:
1) Failed to comply expeditiously, within a  reasonable time, or at all with three undertakings, each dated 23 September  2010, furnished by him on behalf of his named clients on 23 September 2010 to  the named complainant in respect of a named client and in respect of the  property,
2) Failed to reply adequately or at all to  correspondence from the Society and, in particular, letters dated 24 October  2016, 22 November 2016, 13 January 2017 and 7 March 2017, 
3) Failed to comply adequately or at all with  the directions of the Complaints and Client Relations Committee made at its  meeting on 23 May 2017,
4) Failed to reply adequately or at all to the  complainant’s correspondence.
 
The tribunal ordered that the respondent  solicitor:
1) Stand advised and admonished,
2) Pay the sum of €500 to the compensation  fund,
3) Pay the sum a €2,112 as a contribution  towards the whole of the costs of the applicant.