Solicitor Disciplinary Tribunal Decisions

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Name
John JA Rynne
Address
Rynne Hanrahan & Associates, Abbington House, 4 Limerick Road, Ennis, Co Clare, and Hanrahan Rynne Solicitors, 3B Riverside Business Park, Ennis, Co Clare
Date of Order
30/06/2014
Decision
 
In the matter of John JA Rynne, solicitor, formerly  practising as Rynne Hanrahan & Associates, Abbington House, 4 Limerick  Road, Ennis, Co Clare, and in the firm of Hanrahan Rynne Solicitors, 3B  Riverside Business Park, Ennis, Co Clare, and in the matter of the Solicitors  Acts 1954-2011 [7318/DT37/13 and High Court record 2014 no 74 SA]
Law Society of Ireland (applicant)
John Rynne (respondent solicitor)
On 4 March 2014, the Solicitors  Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of misconduct in  his practice as a solicitor in that he:
1)   Failed to forward all  files and documents to the complainant expeditiously, within a reasonable time,  or at all, leaving his client unable to complete registration of a property at  Inagh, Co Clare,
2)   Failed to account for  the sum of €2,500 to the complainant in a timely manner or at all,
3)   Failed to respond  adequately or at all to the Society’s correspondence and, in particular,  letters dated 17 September 2012 and 21 September 2012 respectively,
4)   Failed to attend a  meeting of the Complaints and Client Relations Committee on 16 October 2012,  despite being required to do so. 
The tribunal ordered that the matter go  forward to the High Court, and the President of the High Court, on 30 June 2014,  made the following orders:
1)  That the name of the respondent  solicitor shall be struck from the Roll of Solicitors,
2)  That the respondent  do pay to the applicant the costs of the proceedings before the Solicitors  Disciplinary Tribunal, to include witness expenses, to be taxed in default of  agreement,
3)  That the respondent  do pay to the applicant the costs of the High Court proceedings, to be taxed in  default of agreement.