Solicitor Disciplinary Tribunal Decisions

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Back to listDetails for Brendan MacNamara
Name
Brendan MacNamara
Address
Mountrath Road, Portlaoise, Co Laois
Date of Order
20/07/2015
Decision
 
In the matter of Brendan MacNamara, solicitor, Mountrath Road,  Portlaoise, Co Laois, and in the matter of the Solicitors  Acts 1954-2011 [10447/DT131/11 and High Court record 2015 no 69 SA]
Law Society of Ireland (applicant)
Brendan MacNamara (respondent solicitor)
On 4 March 2015, the Solicitors  Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of misconduct in  his practice as a solicitor in that he: 
1)   Permitted client ledger  debit balances of €4,200 and €1,512 to arise on the client account, resulting  in a deficit of €5,712, in breach of regulation 7(2),
2)   Updated a deed to 1 May  2006 instead of December 2004 and then presented the updated deed to Revenue  for stamping,
3)   Received party-and-party  costs in a personal injuries action but failed to pay third party outlays until  after the Society’s investigation.
The tribunal ordered that the matter go  forward to the High Court and, on 20 July 2015, the High Court made the  following orders on consent:
1)   That the name of the respondent  solicitor shall be struck from the Roll of Solicitors,
2)   That the respondent  solicitor pay the whole of the applicant’s costs of the proceedings before the  Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, to include witness expenses, with taxation in  default of agreement,
3)   That the respondent  solicitor pay to the applicant the costs of the High Court proceedings, to be taxed  in default of agreement.