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Ciaran R Callan Callan & Company, Solicitors, River Bank House, Dodder Park Drive, Dublin 14 13/07/2009 In the matter of Ciaran R Callan, a solicitor formerly practising as Callan & Company, Solicitors, River Bank House, Dodder Park Drive, Dublin 14, and in the matter of the Details for Ciaran R Callan
Name
Address
Date of Order
Decision
Law Society of Ireland (applicant)
Ciaran R Callan (respondent solicitor)
On 25 June 2008, 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 contained in letter of 10 May 2002, whereby he undertook to furnish certificate of title together with the title deeds to a named financial institution in respect of a named property,
b) Failed to provide an adequate response to the same named financial institution’s letters to him dated 25 October 2005 and 2 December 2005 respectively, and to the complainant’s letters dated 20 October 2006, 8 November 2006, 8 December 2006 and 7 February 2007 respectively,
c) Failed to honour an undertaking given to the Complaints and Client Relations Committee on 12 September 2007, whereby he undertook to send a written report to the Society by 3 October 2007 regarding the current position with regard to compliance with the undertakings previously given by him to the complainant,
d) Failed to reply in a timely manner to the Society’s correspondence, in particular to letters from the Society dated 21 March 2007, 1 May 2007, 23 May 2007 and 12 June 2007.
The tribunal directed that:
a) The respondent solicitor is not a fit person to be a member of the solicitors’ profession,
b) The name of the respondent solicitor be struck off the Roll of Solicitors,
c) 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 13 July 2009, the President of the High Court ordered that:
1) The name of the respondent solicitor shall be struck from the Roll of Solicitors,
2) The Law Society do recover the costs of the proceedings herein and the costs of the proceedings before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal as against the respondent when taxed or ascertained.