Solicitor Disciplinary Tribunal Decisions

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Name
David Walsh
Address
David Walsh & Co, Solicitors, 12 Mount Street, Mullingar, Co Westmeath
Date of Order
12/01/2015
Decision
 
In  the matter of David Walsh, solicitor, formerly practising as David Walsh &  Co, Solicitors, at 12 Mount Street, Mullingar, Co Westmeath, and in the matter  of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2011 [4550/DT115/13 and High Court record 2014 no  134 SA]
Law  Society of Ireland (applicant)
David  Walsh (respondent solicitor)
On 1 July 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 a named client over property in Co. Westmeath, by  letter of undertaking dated 10 May 2005,
2)   Failed  to reply adequately or at all to the complainant’s correspondence and, in  particular, letters dated 11 January 2012, 15 February 2012, 15 March 2012 and  16 May 2012 respectively.
The tribunal ordered that the matter go forward to the High Court and,  on 12 January 2015, the President of the High Court – noting the undertaking by  the respondent solicitor not to seek an extension of time to appeal any of the  strike-off orders previously made (the court having previously struck the name  of the respondent solicitor off the Roll of Solicitors on seven occasions on 27  May 2014) – ordered that:
1)   The  court does not make a strike-off order against the respondent solicitor,
2)   The  court makes no order as to costs.