Solicitor Disciplinary Tribunal Decisions

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Back to listDetails for William J (otherwise Liam) Davis
Name
William J (otherwise Liam) Davis
Address
William J Davis & Co, Solicitors, 14 Herbert Street, Dublin 2
Date of Order
27/02/2012
Decision
 
In the matter of William J Davis (otherwise Liam), solicitor,  of William J Davis & Co, Solicitors, 14 Herbert Street, Dublin 2, and in  the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2008  [4399/DT34/09 and High Court record 2012 no 5SA]
Law Society of Ireland (applicant)
William J Davis (respondent solicitor)
On 30 July 2009, the Solicitors  Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of misconduct in  his practice as a solicitor in that he: 
1)   Breached regulation 21(1)  of the Solicitors Accounts Regulations (SI 421 of 2001) in failing to ensure  that there was furnished to the Society an accountant’s report covering his  financial year ended 30 November 2006 within six months thereafter, that is, by  31 May 2007,
2)   Through his conduct,  showed a disregard for his own statutory obligations and the Society’s  statutory obligation to monitor compliance with the Solicitors  Accounts Regulations for the protection of  clients, the solicitors’ profession, and the public.
The tribunal ordered that the matter go  forward to the High Court and, on 27 February 2012, the President of the High  Court made the following orders:
1)   That the name of the respondent  solicitor shall be struck from the Roll of Solicitors,
2)   That the Society do  recover the costs of the High Court proceedings and the costs of the  proceedings before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, to include witness  expenses in these proceedings and in other High Court proceedings involving the  same parties as against the respondent when taxed or ascertained as one set of  costs.