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David Walsh David Walsh & Co, Solicitors, 12 Mount Street, Mullingar, Co Westmeath 12/01/2015 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/DT116/13 and High Court record 2014 no 136 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 failed to comply expeditiously, within a reasonable time, or at all with an agreement given by his firm to pay the complainant’s firm the sum of €1,200 plus VAT following the transmission of a named file from the complainant’s firm to the respondent solicitor’s firm. 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. Details for David Walsh
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