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Details for Ciaran R Callan

Name

Ciaran R Callan

Address

Callan & Company, Solicitors, River Bank House, Dodder Park Drive, Dublin 14

Date of Order

13/07/2009

Decision

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

Solicitors Acts 1954-2008 [4316/DT12/08 and High Court record no 2009 no 76 SA]

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 1 July 2004, whereby he undertook to furnish an original deed of assurance dated 4 March 1998 duly registered,
b) Failed to honour an undertaking given in a letter dated 1 July 2004 to the complainant, whereby he undertook to extract a grant of probate to the estate of a named client, deceased, and upon issue of same, execute a deed of assignment of the leasehold interest in the premises to a named client,
c) Failed to honour an undertaking given in a letter dated 1 July 2004 to the complainant, whereby he undertook to furnish a vesting certificate duly registered in the Registry of Deeds,
d) Failed to honour an undertaking given in a letter dated 1 July 2004 to the complainant, whereby he undertook to furnish a certificate of clearance from capital acquisitions tax in the estate of a named client,
e) Failed to honour an undertaking given in a letter dated 1 July 2004 to the complainant, whereby he undertook to discharge any outstanding waste charges if necessary,
f) Misrepresented the position to the complainant from in or around July 2004 by stating all was in order in respect of the extraction of the grant of probate to the estate of a named client, when in fact it was not,
g) Misrepresented to the Society in a series of letters dated 5 September 2006, 15 December 2006, 30 January 2007 and 14 March 2007 that the matter of the complaint was being resolved and that an application in respect of de bonis non
grant in the estate was being made, when it is apparent that no progress has been made on this issue,
h) Failed to honour an undertaking given to the Complaints and Client Relations Committee meeting on 12 September 2007, whereby he undertook to send a written report to the Society regarding the current position with regard to compliance with the undertakings previously given by him to the complainant by 3 October 2007,
i) Failed to provide an adequate response to the Society’s enquiries during this investigation and, in particular, failed to respond properly or at all to the Society’s letters of 9 October 2006, 18 October 2006, 26 October 2006, 22 March 2007, 20 April 2007, 15 May 2007, 31 May 2007, 8 June 2007, 18 June 2007, 19 July 2007, 29 August 2007, 13 September 2007, 9 October 2007 and 23 October 2007 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 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:
1) That the name of the respondent solicitor shall be struck from the Roll of Solicitors,
2) That 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.