Solicitor Disciplinary Tribunal Decisions

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Name
Barry Murphy
Address
Eugene Carey & Company, Solicitors, Courthouse Chambers, Mallow, Co Cork
Date of Order
24/07/2017
Decision
 
In the matter  of Barry Murphy, a solicitor formerly practising as Eugene Carey & Company,  Solicitors, Courthouse Chambers, Mallow, Co Cork, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2011 [12724/DT90/16 and High Court record  2017 no 60 SA]
Law Society  of Ireland (applicant)
Barry Murphy  (respondent solicitor)
On 18 May 2017, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal  found the respondent solicitor guilty of misconduct in his practice as a  solicitor in that he:
1)   Caused  or allowed a minimum deficit arise on the client account in the sum of  €432,442.89, as at 30 June 2016,
2)   Made  unauthorised withdrawals from the client account to a personal account of  €384,210, in breach of regulation 7(1),
3)   Paid  office expenses of €10,697.39 from the client account, in breach of regulation 7(2)(b),
4)   Failed  to ensure that paid cheques were being returned to the practice, in breach of regulation  20(1)(f),
5)   Caused  or allowed debit balances to arise on the client account in the sum of  €2,582.62, in breach of regulation 7(2)(a), 
6)   Failed  to keep proper books of account, in breach of regulation 12(1) of the Solicitors Accounts Regulations  2001, to show the true position in relation to client liabilities,
7)   Failed  to prepare a balancing statement on the client account for 31 December 2015  within two months of this date, in breach of regulation 12(7).
The tribunal ordered that the matter should go  forward to the High Court and, on 24 July 2017, on consent, the High Court  ordered that: 
1)   The name  of the respondent solicitor shall be struck from the Roll of Solicitors,
2)   The respondent  solicitor do pay to the applicant the costs of the proceedings before the  Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal inclusive of outlay, as measured in the sum of  €1,714.50, but that the execution and registration of these costs be stayed for  a period of 12 months from the date of the making of this order,
3)   The respondent  solicitor pay to the applicant the costs of the within proceedings inclusive of  outlay, as measured in the sum of €1,816, but that the execution and  registration of these costs be stayed for a period of 12 months from the date  of the making of this order.