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Back to listDetails for Oliver Hanrahan
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/DT131/13 and High Court record 2014 no 148 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 expeditiously,  within a reasonable time, or at all to comply with an undertaking given by him  in respect of named clients over property at Lisnagry, Co Clare, to EBS  Building Society Ltd on 15 September 2004, 
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 Lisnagry, Co  Clare, to EBS Building Society Ltd on 15 September 2004 and, in particular,  letters dated 24 May 2010, 27 September 2010, 6 May 2011, 25 October 2011, 21  November 2011 and 12 December 2011 respectively, 
3)   Failed to comply with  the directions of the Complaints and Client Relations Committee meeting of 4  September 2012 in respect of an undertaking given by him on behalf of named  clients over property at Lisnagry, Co Clare, to EBS Building Society Ltd on 15  September 2004, 
4)   Failed to comply  adequately or at all with the directions of the Complaints and Client Relations  Committee meeting of 16 October 2012 in respect of an undertaking given by him  on behalf of named clients over property at Lisnagry, Co Clare, to EBS Building  Society Ltd on 15 September 2004, 
5)   Failed to comply  adequately or at all with the directions of the Complaints and Client Relations  Committee meeting of 11 December 2012, despite being granted a stay in respect  of an undertaking given by him on behalf of named clients over property at  Lisnagry, Co Clare, to EBS Building Society Ltd on 15 September 2004, 
6)   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 Killaloe, Co Clare, to EBS  Building Society Ltd on 15 September 2004, 
7)   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 Killaloe, Co Clare, to EBS  Building Society Ltd on 15 September 2004 and, in particular, letters dated 24  May 2010, 27 September 2010, 6 May 2011, 25 October 2011, 21 November 2011 and  12 December 2011 respectively, 
8)   Failed to comply with  the directions of the Complaints and Client Relations Committee meeting of 4  September 2012 in respect of an undertaking given by him on behalf of named  clients over property at Killaloe, Co Clare, to EBS Building Society Ltd on 15  September 2004, 
9)   Failed to comply  adequately or at all with the directions of the Complaints and Client Relations  Committee meeting of 16 October 2012 in respect of an undertaking given by him  on behalf of named clients over property at Killaloe, Co Clare, to EBS Building  Society Ltd on 15 September 2004, 
10) Failed to comply adequately or at all with the directions of the  Complaints and Client Relations Committee meeting of 11 December 2012, despite  being granted a stay in respect of an undertaking given by him on behalf of  named clients over property at Killaloe, Co Clare, to EBS Building Society Ltd  on 15 September 2004, 
11) 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 Ennis, Co Clare, to EBS Ltd on 9 November 2007, 
12) 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 Ennis, Co Clare, to EBS Ltd on 9 November 2007 and, in  particular, letters dated 24 May 2010, 27 September 2010, 6 May 2011, 25  October 2011, 21 November 2011 and 12 December 2011 respectively, 
13) Failed to comply with the directions of the Complaints and Client  Relations Committee meeting of 4 September 2012 in respect of an undertaking  given by him on behalf of named clients over property at Ennis, Co Clare, to  EBS Ltd on 9 November 2007, 
14) Failed to comply adequately or at all with the directions of the  Complaints and Client Relations Committee meeting of 16 October 2012 in respect  of an undertaking given by him on behalf of named clients over property at  Ennis, Co Clare, to EBS Ltd on 9 November 2007, 
15) Failed to comply adequately or at all with the directions of the  Complaints and Client Relations Committee meeting of 11 December 2012, despite  being granted a stay in respect of an undertaking given by him on behalf of  named clients over property at Ennis, Co Clare, to EBS Ltd on 9 November 2007.
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.