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John B O’Connor John B O’Connor & Co, Solicitors, 37 Upper Mount Street, Dublin 2 19/11/2019 In the matter of John B O’Connor, solicitor, practising as John B O’Connor & Co, Solicitors, 37 Upper Mount Street, Dublin 2, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2015 [2018/DT57] Law Society of Ireland (applicant) John B O’Connor (respondent solicitor) On 19 November 2019, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of misconduct in that he: 1) Failed to transmit all requested documents of title and files belonging to named complainants, despite being requested to do so by the named complainants, 2) Failed to comply with the direction of the Complaints and Client Relations Committee dated 7 March 2017, whereby he was directed to hand over all files requested by the named complainants, either originals or, if not possible, complete copy files, 3) Failed to comply with the direction of the Complaints and Client Relations Committee at its meeting on 29 May 2017, whereby he was again directed to forward original files and documents or, if the originals were not available, complete copy files and documents to the named complainants, 4) Failed to reply adequately or all to the Society’s correspondence and, in particular, letters dated 8 September 2016, 29 September 2016, 2 December 2016, 15 December 2016, 13 January 2017, 10 February 2017, 9 March 2017, 4 April 2017, 11 May 2017, 25 May 2017, 19 July 2017, 15 August 2017, 14 September 2017, 4 October 2017, 9 January 2018 and 16 January 2018, respectively, 5) Failed to attend a meeting of the complainants and Client Relations Committee on 7 March 2017, despite being required to do so, 6) Failed to attend a meeting of the Complaints and Client Relations Committee on 9 May 2017, despite being required to do so, 7) Failed to attend a meeting of the Complaints and Client Relations Committee on 24 October 2017, despite being required to do so, 8) Failed to attend a meeting of the Complaints and Client Relations Committee of 8 February 2018, despite being required to do so. The tribunal ordered that the respondent solicitor: 1) Stand censured, 2) Pay the sum of €7,500 to the compensation fund, 3) Pay the sum of €4,909 as a contribution towards the whole of the costs of the Law Society of Ireland.Details for John B O’Connor
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