A solicitor who was found guilty of professional misconduct is to be struck off the roll of solicitors at the end of this year, the president of the High Court has ordered.
It took three years for an elderly man’s title to be registered in 2018 and Mr O’Sullivan’s delay in not returning the man’s birth certificate also caused upset as the man wanted to organise his funeral, the court heard. Ms Fenelon did not oppose an application by Siobhan Ní Chúlacháin, representing the solicitor, for a stay on the orders until the end of this year to allow for the orderly transfer of the relevant files.
In his ruling, Mr Justice Peter Kelly stressed the essential importance of ensuring that undertakings from solicitors are complied with. He said a further aggravating factor was that Mr O’Sullivan did not reply to correspondence from complainants or deal with correspondence from the Law Society over a protracted period.
Yet another one? How many is that this year?