Solicitor Disciplinary Tribunal Decisions

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Name
Eamonn Moloney
Address
Eamonn Moloney & Co, Solicitors, 1/2 Anglesea Street, Cork
Date of Order
13/01/2020
Decision
 
In the matter of Eamonn Moloney, solicitor, formerly  practising as Eamonn Moloney & Co, Solicitors, 1/2 Anglesea Street, Cork, and  in the matter of an application by the Law Society of Ireland to the Solicitors  Disciplinary Tribunal and in the matter of the Solicitors  Acts 1954-2015 [2018/DT79; 2019/DT23; and High Court record 2019/135 SA]
Law Society of Ireland (applicant)
Eamonn Moloney (respondent solicitor)
2019/DT 23
On 24 October 2019, the Solicitors  Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of misconduct in  his practice as a solicitor in that he failed to ensure that there was  furnished to the Society an accountant’s report for the year ended 31 July 2018  within six months of that date, in breach of regulation 26(1) of the Solicitors  Accounts Regulations 2014 (SI  516 of 2014).
2018/DT 79
On 31 October 2019, the Solicitors  Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of misconduct in  his practice as a solicitor in that he failed to ensure that there was  furnished to the Society an accountant’s report for the year ended 31 July 2017  within six months of that date, in breach of regulation 26(1) of the Solicitors  Accounts Regulations 2014.
The tribunal ordered that the matters go  forward to the High Court and, on 13 January 2020, the High Court ordered that:  
1)  The respondent  solicitor be suspended from practice as a solicitor with immediate effect until  such time as he has fully complied with the provisions of the Solicitors  Accounts Regulations 2014by  furnishing to the Law Society his accountant’s reports for financial years  ended 31 July 2017 and 31 July 2018 respectively,
2)  The respondent  solicitor pay the measured costs of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal  proceedings and the High Court proceedings in the total amount of €5,874.36.