Solicitor Disciplinary Tribunal Decisions

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Back to listDetails for Cindy McCarthy Yates
Name
Cindy McCarthy Yates
Address
McCarthy Solicitors, 5 The Old Market, Market Square, Bandon, Co Cork
Date of Order
02/11/2015
Decision
 
In  the matter of Cindy McCarthy Yates, a solicitor previously practising as  McCarthy Solicitors at 5 The Old Market, Market Square, Bandon, Co Cork, and in  the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2011 [12313/DT86/13  and High Court 2014 no 83 SA] 
Law  Society of Ireland (applicant)
Cindy  McCarthy Yates (respondent solicitor)
On 25 March 2014, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the  respondent solicitor guilty of misconduct in her practice as a solicitor in  that she:
1)   Failed  to comply with an undertaking dated 2 February 2011 furnished to Bank of  Ireland Mortgage Bank in relation to property at Co Cork and her named clients  and borrowers in a timely manner or at all,
2)   Failed  to respond to the Society’s correspondence and, in particular, to the Society’s  emails of 1 November 2012, 2 January 2013, and 29 January 2013 in a timely  manner or at all,
3)   Failed  to attend the Complaints and Client Relations Committee on 7 February 2013,  despite being required to do so.
The tribunal recommended that the matter be sent forward to the High  Court and, on the 2 November 2015, in proceedings 2014 no 83 SA, the High Court  ordered that:
1)   The name  of the respondent solicitor be struck from the Roll of Solicitors,
2)   The respondent  solicitor pay to the Law Society the costs of the proceedings before the disciplinary  tribunal and the costs of the High Court proceedings, to be taxed in default of  agreement.