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Name
Michael Doody
Address
Doody Solicitors, 21 South Mall, Cork
Date of Order
10/10/2019
Decision
 
In the matter of Michael Doody, solicitor, principal at Doody Solicitors, 21 South Mall, Cork, and in the matter of an application by the Law Society of Ireland to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal [2017/DT85 and 2017/DT86; High Court record 2019/11SA]
 Law Society of Ireland (applicant)
 Michael Doody (respondent solicitor)
 On 10 July 2018, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of misconduct in his practice as a solicitor in the following matters.
 2017/DT85
 1)  Failed to comply adequately or at all with an undertaking dated 12 October in respect of his named client in relation to a named property,
 2) Failed to respond adequately or at all to letters dated 20 November and 2 December  2015 sent to him by the Society,
 3) Failed to respond adequately or at all to correspondence from the complainant and, in particular, letters dated 12 October 2011, 30 January 2012, 13 March 2014, 15 April  2014, 16 January 2015, 12 February 2015, and an email thread concluding with an email dated 23 April 2015.
 2017/DT86
 1) Failed to comply adequately or at all with an undertaking dated 15 May 2006 in respect of his named clients in relation to a named property,
 2) Failed to comply adequately or at all with an undertaking dated 15 November 2006 in respect of his named client in relation to named properties,
 3)  Failed to comply adequately or at all with an undertaking dated 12 August 2008 in respect of his named client in relation to a named property,
 4) Failed to comply adequately or at all with the directions of the committee, in particular, the directions dated 1 September 2015, 3 November 2015 and 1 February 2016,
 5) Failed to respond adequately or at all to correspondence sent to him from the Society, in particular, letters dated 14 April 2015.
 The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal referred the matter forward to the High Court and, in record number 2019/11SA, the High Court made the following orders on 10 October 2019:
 1)  That the respondent solicitor only be permitted to practise under the direct control and  supervision of another solicitor of at least ten years’ standing, to be approved in advance by the Law Society, with a stay on the order for a period of four weeks, the respondent solicitor undertaking that, within the aforementioned four-week period, no undertakings will be given by him unless previously approved by the Law Society,
 2)  That the Law Society recover the whole of the costs of the proceedings before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal and the High Court, to be taxed in default of agreement.