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Name
Joseph Traynor
Address
Traynor & Company, Solicitors, 86 Clanbrassil Street, Dundalk, Co Louth
Date of Order
05/07/2010
Decision
 
In the matter of  Joseph Traynor, solicitor, formerly practising as Traynor & Company,  Solicitors, 86 Clanbrassil Street, Dundalk, Co Louth, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2008 [5554/DT75/09 and High Court record no 2010 no 54 SA]
 Law Society of  Ireland (applicant)
 Joseph Traynor  (respondent solicitor)
  
 On 26 January 2010, the  Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of  misconduct in his practice as a solicitor in that he:
 a)       Failed to  honour an undertaking on 25 August 2006 to lodge the title documents relating  to lands at Castlewarden, Naas, Co Kildare, immediately upon the sale being  completed,
 b)       Failed to  honour an undertaking on 29 August 2006 to stamp and register the title  documents relating to lands at Castlewarden, Naas, Co Kildare,
 c)        Failed to  honour an undertaking on 26 September 2006 to stamp the deed of transfer in  respect of the sale of lands at Castlewarden, Naas, Co Kildare,
 d)       Failed to  honour an undertaking on 13 February 2007 to stamp the title documents relating  to lands at Castlewarden, Naas, Co Kildare, and to arrange to have them lodged  in the Land Registry within six weeks from that date,
 e)       Failed to  comply with the direction of the Complaints and Client Relations Committee on  11 February 2009 to reply to the Society by 1 March 2009 with a copy of the  stamped deed, the dealing number and copy correspondence to ACC Bank plc  informing them that the deed was stamped.
  
 The tribunal directed:
 a)       That the  respondent solicitor is not a fit person to be a member of the solicitors’  profession,
 b)       That the  name of the respondent solicitor be struck off the Roll of Solicitors,
 c)        That the  respondent solicitor pay a monetary penalty of €630,000 to the Revenue  Commissioners,
 d)       That the  respondent solicitor pay the whole of the costs of the Law Society of Ireland,  including witness expenses, to be taxed by a taxing master of the High Court in  default of agreement.
  
 The tribunal urged that  the papers in respect of this application be forwarded to the Director of  Public Prosecutions.
  
 The tribunal directed  that the matter be referred forward to the High Court and, on 5 July 2010, the  President of the High Court ordered:
 1)       That the  name of the respondent solicitor be struck from the Roll of Solicitors,
 2)       That the  respondent solicitor pay the sum of €630,000 to ACC Bank plc, who will remit  said sum to the Revenue Commissioners if due in respect of stamp duty, or  retain if not due,
 3)       That the  applicant forward the papers in respect of this application to the Director of  Public Prosecutions,
 4)       That the  respondent solicitor surrender his passport forthwith to An Garda Síochána,
 5)       That the  respondent solicitor pay the applicant the costs of the High Court proceedings,  together with the costs of the disciplinary tribunal proceedings, to include  witness expenses, to be taxed in default of agreement.