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Niall O'Kelly Niall O’Kelly Solicitors, 52 Fortfield Park, Terenure, Dublin 6W 20/10/2014 In the matter of Niall O’Kelly, a solicitor previously practising as Niall O’Kelly Solicitors, 52 Fortfield Park, Terenure, Dublin 6W, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2011 [5202/DT156/12, 5202/DT11/13 and High Court 2014 no 116SA] Law Society of Ireland (applicant) Niall O’Kelly (respondent solicitor) 5202/DT156/12 On 13 February 2014, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of professional misconduct in his practice as a solicitor, in that he: 1) Failed to protect his client’s interest in relation to her proposed case against a builder relating to repairs to her home by allowing this claim to become statute barred, 2) Failed to act on his client’s instructions in relation to the purchase of the freehold of a property in Dublin 8, despite being paid to do so, 3) Failed to comply with the directions given by the Complaints and Client Relations Committee at its meeting on 7 July 2010, 4) Failed to respond to the Society’s correspondence of 30 March 2010, 30 April 2010, 12 July 2010, and 5 October 2010 in a timely manner or at all, 5) Failed to comply with the statutory notice served pursuant to section 10 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994 on 5 October 2010 in a timely manner or at all, 6) Failed to comply with an order made by the President of the High Court on 20 December 2010 that he deliver to the Society all files and documents in his possession in relation to this complaint and that he respond appropriately to the Society’s correspondence within seven days of the making of the order, 7) Failed to attend the meeting of the Complaints and Client Relations Committee on 26 June 2012, despite being required to do so. 5202/DT11/13 On 13 February 2014, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of professional misconduct in his practice as a solicitor, in that he: 1) Failed to comply in a timely manner or at all with an undertaking furnished to the complainants on 1 April 2003 in respect of his named clients and borrowers and a property in Walkinstown, 2) Failed to respond in a timely manner or at all to the Society’s correspondence and, in particular, the Society’s letters of 19 December 2011, 18 January 2012, 7 March 2012, and 4 April 2012 within the time specified, 3) Failed to attend the meeting of the Complaints and Client Relations Committee on 2 May 2012, despite being required to do so. The tribunal referred both matters forward to the President of the High Court, and, on 20 October 2014, the President of the High Court ordered that the respondent solicitor’s name be struck off the Roll of Solicitors and ordered that the respondent solicitor pay the whole of the costs of the Society, to be taxed by a taxing master of the High Court in default of agreement.Details for Niall O'Kelly
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