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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/DT11/10 and High Court record no 2010 no 55 SA]
 Law Society of  Ireland (applicant)
 Joseph Traynor  (respondent solicitor)
  
 On 11 May 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 given to the complainant on behalf of a named client for  property at Lislin, Mullagh, Co Cavan, dated 31 August 2007, in which he  undertook to register the mortgage of the complainant in the appropriate  registry and to ensure that the lender/complainant obtained a first legal  mortgage on the property and, as soon as practical thereafter, to lodge with  the lender/complainant all deeds and documents properly stamped and registered  as appropriate together with the original mortgage,
 b)       Failed to  reply adequately to the complainant’s correspondence and to the complainant’s  solicitors’ correspondence, in particular letters dated 9 December 2008, 9  January 2009, 28 January 2009, 16 February 2009 and 26 February 2009,
 c)        Failed to  adequately respond to the Society’s correspondence, in particular letters dated  5 May 2009 and 20 May 2009,
 d)       Failed to  attend or arrange representation before the Complaints and Client Relations  Committee meeting on 9 October 2009, despite being directed to attend.
  
 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 the sum of €570,000 as restitution to Start Mortgages,
 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 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 €570,000 as restitution to Start Mortgages  Limited,
 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.