Solicitor Disciplinary Tribunal Decisions

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Name
Aiden Barry
Address
Aiden Barry Solicitor, Roche House, 8 Bank Place, Limerick, Co Limerick
Date of Order
28/04/2014
Decision
 
In the matter of Aiden Barry, solicitor, formerly practising  as Aiden Barry Solicitor, Roche House, 8 Bank Place, Limerick, Co Limerick, and  in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2011  [7243/DT59/13 and High Court record 2014 no 47 SA]
Law Society of Ireland  (applicant)
Aiden Barry (respondent  solicitor)
On 7 January 2014, the  Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of  misconduct in his practice as a solicitor in that he:
a)   Failed  expeditiously, within a reasonable time or at all, to register a charge on a  property and transfer €50,000 to a third party in accordance with the  instructions of the complainant, 
b)     Caused  or allowed the complainant to be exposed to civil litigation for the payment of  the €50,000 plus damages, interest and costs,
c)     Failed  to respond adequately or at all to the Society’s correspondence, in particular,  letters dated 21t February 2012, 8 March 2012 and 21 March 2012 respectively,
d)     Through  his failure to respond to the Society’s correspondence, caused the Society to  have to make an application to the High Court pursuant to section 10(A) of the Solicitors  (Amendment) Act 1994 (as  amended by substitution) for orders requiring him to respond to the Society’s  correspondence and attend before the Complaints and Client Relations Committee  meeting on 15 May 2012,
e)   Breached  an order made by the President of the High Court on 30 April 2012 directing him  to attend a meeting of the Complaints and Client Relations Committee on 15 May  2012 by not so attending,
f)      Failed  expeditiously, within a reasonable time or at all, to honour an agreement made  with the complainant whereby he agreed to pay the outstanding sum of €50,000 to  a specified third party, as set out in his email to the Society of 14 May 2012  and advised to the President of the High Court on 11 June 2012,
g)   Failed  without reasonable excuse to attend a meeting of the Complaints and Client  Relations Committee on 3 April 2012, as required by letter from the Society  dated 26 March 2012.
The tribunal ordered  that the matter go forward to the High Court, and the President of the High  Court, on 28 April 2014, made the following orders:
a)   That  the name of the respondent solicitor shall be struck from the Roll of  Solicitors,
b)     That  the respondent pay the Society the costs of the High Court proceedings and the  costs of the proceedings before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, to  include witness expenses to be taxed in default of agreement.