Solicitor Disciplinary Tribunal Decisions

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Name
Ciaran Quinn
Address
Quinn Solicitors, Unit 118, First Floor, Baldoyle Industrial Estate, Baldoyle, Dublin 13
Date of Order
10/10/2016
Decision
 
In the matter of Ciaran Quinn, a solicitor previously  practising as Quinn Solicitors at Unit 118, First Floor, Baldoyle Industrial  Estate, Baldoyle, Dublin 13, and in the matter of the Solicitors  Acts 1954-2011 [7620/DT13/14 and High Court record 2015 no 32 SA]
Law Society of Ireland (applicant)
Ciaran Quinn (respondent solicitor)
On 4 December 2014, the Solicitors  Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of professional  misconduct in that he: 
1)   Raised 36 separate  invoices between 3 March 2008 and 10 February 2010, totalling €65,588.15, in  respect of a named estate, without the knowledge or agreement of the administrator,
2)   Deducted €65,588.15  in total from the said estate from March 2008 to February 2010 without the  knowledge or agreement of the executor,
3)   Failed to issue a section  68 letter in the named estate. 
The tribunal referred the matter to the  High Court and, on 10 October 2016, the High Court ordered that: 
1)   The respondent  solicitor not be permitted to practise as a sole practitioner or in sole  partnership; that he be permitted to practise as an assistant solicitor in the  employment and under the direct control and supervision of another solicitor of  at least ten years’ standing, to be approved in advance by the Law Society of Ireland,
2)   That the respondent  solicitor pay the whole of the costs of the Law Society, to be taxed by a taxing  master of the High Court in default of agreement, execution and registration of  the said costs to be stayed until after 1 June 2017.