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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/DT12/14 and High Court record 2014 no 150 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 in respect of named clients over property at Clarecastle, Co Clare, to Bank  of Ireland Mortgages on 21 April 2008, 
2)   Failed to respond  adequately or at all to the complainant’s correspondence in respect of his  undertaking given on behalf of named clients over property at Clarecastle, Co  Clare, to Bank of Ireland Mortgages on 21 April 2008 and, in particular,  letters dated 23 February 2010, 1 March 2010, 29 June 2010, 23 September 2010  and 24 May 2011 respectively, 
3)   Failed to comply with  the directions of the Complaints and Client Relations Committee meeting of 26  June 2012, which directed him to file a report on all outstanding undertakings/complaints  with the Society by 23 July 2012, 
4)   Through his failure  to comply with the directions of the Complaints and Client Relations Committee  meeting of 26 June 2012, caused the Society to re-enter a section 10  application to the President of the High Court on 23 July 2012, 
5)   Failed to comply with  the directions of the Complaints and Client Relations Committee on 16 October  2012 to furnish documentation and information in respect of complaints within  21 days to the Society, 
6)   Failed to comply with  the directions of the Complaints and Client Relations Committee at its meeting  on 11 December 2012, despite a stay of four months being imposed, 
7)   Failed to comply  expeditiously, within a reasonable time, or at all with an undertaking given by  him in respect of named clients over property at Thurles, Tipperary South,  given to Bank of Ireland Mortgages on 18 August 2005, 
8)   Failed to reply  adequately or at all to the complainant’s correspondence in respect of an  undertaking given by him on behalf of named clients over property at Thurles,  Tipperary South, given to Bank of Ireland Mortgages on 18 August 2005 and, in  particular, letters dated 30 June 2006, 29 December 2006, 5 February 2008, 26  February 2008, 18 March 2009, 8 April 2009, 23 February 2010, 1 March 2010, 29  June 2010, 23 September 2010, 24 May 2011 and 15 June 2011 respectively, 
9)   Failed to comply  expeditiously, within a reasonable time, or at all with an undertaking given by  him in respect of named clients over property at Clybaun, Co Galway, given to  Bank of Ireland Mortgages on 11 November 2005, 
10) Failed to reply adequately or at all to the complainant’s  correspondence in respect of an undertaking given by him on behalf of named  clients over property at Clybaun, Co Galway, given to Bank of Ireland Mortgages  on 11 November 2005 and, in particular, letters dated 28 November 2006, 29 May  2007, 27 November 2007, 3 December 2008, 30 December 2008, 23 February 2010, 1  March 2010, 23 September 2010, 24 May 2011 and 15 June 2011 respectively.
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.