Solicitor Disciplinary Tribunal Decisions

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Name
Oliver Hanrahan
Address
Hanrahan Rynne Solicitors, 3B Riverside Business Park, Ennis, Co Clare
Date of Order
26/01/2015
Decision
 
In the matter of Oliver Hanrahan,  solicitor, formerly practising as Hanrahan Rynne Solicitors, 3B Riverside  Business Park, Ennis, Co Clare, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2011  [9381/DT132/13 and High Court record 2014 no 149 SA]
Law Society of Ireland  (applicant)
Oliver Hanrahan (respondent  solicitor)
On 18 June 2014, the Solicitors  Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of misconduct in  his practice as a solicitor in that he:
1)   Failed to comply  expeditiously, within a reasonable time, or at all with an undertaking given by  him on behalf of named clients over property at Ennistymon, Co Clare, to ACC  Bank Plc on 23 May 2005, 
2)   Failed to reply to  the complainant’s correspondence and, in particular, letters dated 23 January  2008, 23 February 2010, 18 April 2011, 1 September 2011, 4 November 2011, and 6  December 2011 respectively, 
3)   Failed to comply with  the directions of the Complaints and Client Relations Committee meeting on 4 September  2012, 
4)   Failed to comply with  the directions of the Complaints and Client Relations Committee meeting on 16  October 2012, 
5)   Failed to comply with  the directions of the Complaints and Client Relations Committee meeting on 11  December 2012, 
6)   Failed to reply  adequately or at all to the Society’s correspondence and, in particular,  letters dated 5 January 2012, 24 January 2012, 9 March 2012, 5 June 2012, 31  July 2012, 21 August 2012, 5 September 2012, 19 October 2012 and 14 December  2012. 
The tribunal ordered that the matter go  forward to the High Court and, on 26 January 2015, the President of the High  Court ordered that the name of the respondent solicitor shall be struck from  the Roll of Solicitors.