Solicitor Disciplinary Tribunal Decisions

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Name
Thomas G Myles
Address
Myles & Co, Solicitors, 21 Hillside, Monaghan, Co Monaghan
Date of Order
23/11/2015
Decision
 
In  the matter of Thomas G Myles, a solicitor formerly practising as Myles & Co,  Solicitors, 21 Hillside, Monaghan, Co Monaghan, and in the matter of the Solicitors  Acts 1954-2011 [4961/DT192/13 and High Court record 2015 no  62 SA]
Law  Society of Ireland (applicant)
Thomas  G Myles (respondent solicitor)
On 14 April 2015, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the  respondent solicitor guilty of misconduct in his practice as a solicitor in  that he: 
1)   Failed  to ensure that there was furnished to the Society a closing accountant’s report,  as required by regulation 26(2) of the regulations, in a timely manner or at  all,
2)   Through  his conduct, showed disregard for his statutory obligation to comply with the Solicitors  Accounts Regulations and showed disregard for the Society’s  statutory obligation to monitor compliance with the regulations for the protection  of clients and the public.
The tribunal ordered that the matter go forward to the High Court and,  on 23 November 2015, the High Court ordered that:
1)   The name  of the respondent solicitor shall be struck from the Roll of Solicitors,
2)   The respondent  solicitor pay the whole of the Society’s costs and witness expenses in the  Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal proceedings, with taxation in default of  agreement,
3)   The respondent  solicitor pay to the Society the costs of the High Court proceedings, to be  taxed in default of agreement.