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Back to listDetails for Cindy McCarthy Yates
Name
Cindy McCarthy Yates
Address
McCarthy Solicitors, 5 The Old Market, Market Street, Bandon, Co Cork
Date of Order
18/04/2014
Decision
 
In  the matter of Cindy McCarthy Yates, a solicitor practising under the style and  title of McCarthy Solicitors at 5 The Old Market, Market Street, Bandon, Co  Cork, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2011 [12313/DT13/13,  12313/DT14/13, 12313/DT15/13 and High Court record 2014 no 51 SA] 
Law  Society of Ireland (applicant)
Cindy  McCarthy Yates (respondent solicitor)
12313/DT13/13
On 21 February 2014, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent  solicitor guilty of professional misconduct in her practice as a solicitor in  that she: 
1)   Failed  to comply with an undertaking furnished to the complainants on 10 September  2010 in connection with property in Co Cork and the named borrowers in a timely  manner or at all,
2)   Failed  to attend a meeting of the Complaints and Client Relations Committee on 5 June  2012, despite being required to do so.
12313/DT14/13
On 21 February 2014, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent  solicitor guilty of professional misconduct in her practice as a solicitor in  that she: 
1)   Failed  to comply with an undertaking furnished to the complainants on 13 August 2010  in respect of property in Co Cork and her named clients and borrowers in a  timely manner or at all,
2)   Failed  to respond to the Society’s letters of 23 November 2011, 14 December 2011, 27  January 2012, 20 February 2012, 2 March 2012 and 27 March 2012 in a timely  manner or at all,
3)   Did not  attend the Complaints and Client Relations Committee meeting on 5 June 2012,  despite being required to do so.
12313/DT15/13
On 21 February 2014, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent  solicitor guilty of professional misconduct in her practice as a solicitor in  that she: 
1)   Failed  to comply with an undertaking furnished to the Complainants on 26 March 2009 in  respect of her named clients and property in Co Cork in a timely manner or at  all,
2)   Failed  to attend the Complaints and Client Relations Committee meeting on 5 June 2012,  despite being required to do so.
The tribunal ordered that the matters go forward to the High Court and,  on 18 April 2014, the High Court ordered that:
1)   The name  of the respondent solicitor be struck from the Roll of Solicitors,
2)   The respondent  solicitor pay the applicant the costs of the proceedings before the disciplinary  tribunal and the costs of the High Court proceedings, to be taxed in default of  agreement.