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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/DT124/09 and High Court record no 2010 no 57 SA]
 Law Society of  Ireland (applicant)
 Joseph Traynor  (respondent solicitor)
  
 On 18 March 2010, the  Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of  misconduct in his practice as a solicitor in that he:
 1)       Failed to  honour an undertaking given to the complainant’s clients, Start Mortgages  Limited, in respect of his named clients, involving property at Rathcore,  Enfield, Co Meath, in the solicitor’s undertaking dated 4 March 2008, whereby  he undertook to do the following:
 a)      To ensure  that the mortgage ranked as the first legal mortgage/charge on the property,
 b)      As soon as  practicable, to stamp and register the mortgage in the appropriate registry so  as to ensure the lender obtained the first legal mortgage/charge on the  property and, expeditiously, as soon as practicable thereafter, to lodge the  following with the lender:
 i)         All deeds  and documents to the property, stamped and registered as appropriate, including  if applicable the assignment of the life policy, stamped collateral to the  mortgage,
 ii)       The  original mortgage (with certificate of charge endorsed thereon under rule 156  of the Land Registry  Rules1972, if Land Registry  title),
 iii)    The Land Registry certificate or, if not issued,  an up-to-date certified copy folio of the property showing the mortgage  registered as a burden thereon, and
 iv)    Certificate of title in the Law Society’s  standard form.
 2)      Failed to  adequately or at all respond to the complainant’s correspondence, in particular  letters dated 31 August 2008, 28 October 2008, 21 November 2008 and 18 December  2008 respectively.
  
 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 €50,000 as restitution to Start Mortgages  Limited,
 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 €50,000 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.