Solicitor Disciplinary Tribunal Decisions

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Details for Noel J Gargan

Name

Noel J Gargan

Address

Christie & Gargan, Solicitors, Unit 2, Stewart Hall, Parnell Street, Dublin 1

Date of Order

30/09/2019

Decision

In the matter of Noel J Gargan, a solicitor practising as a partner in the firm of Christie & Gargan, Solicitors, Unit 2, Stewart Hall, Parnell Street, Dublin 1, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2015 [2018/DT92]

Law Society of Ireland (applicant)

Noel J Gargan (respondent solicitor)

On 30 September 2019, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of professional misconduct in that he:

1)   Failed to comply with an undertaking dated 25 May 2007 furnished to the complainants in respect of his named clients and the borrowers and the property at Tallaght, Dublin 24 in a timely manner or at all,

2)   Failed to respond to the Society’s correspondence in a timely manner or at all and, in particular, the Society’s letters of 25 November 2015, 12 January 2016, 26 January 2016, 2 November 2016, 19 December 2016, 20 March 2017, 25 April 2017 and 3 November 2017.

The tribunal ordered that the respondent solicitor:

1)   Stand censured;

2)   Pay a sum a €750 to the compensation fund,

3)   Pay the sum of €1,512 as a contribution towards the whole of the costs of the applicant.