Decision record
Patrick McCarthy
Allegation / charges
In the matter of Patrick McCarthy, solicitor, formerly practising as McCarthy & Co, Second Floor, Building 1000, City Gate, Mahon, Cork, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2011 [7748/DT120/11 and High Court record no 2013/41 SA] Law Society of Ireland (applicant) Patrick McCarthy (respondent solicitor) On 5 July 2012, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of misconduct in his practice as a solicitor in that he: a) Failed to stamp and register a deed of conveyance in a timely manner or at all, b) Severely prejudiced his clients by allowing interest and penalties to accrue in relation to the non-stamping of the deed, c) Misled his clients, d) Misled his clients’ new solicitor, e) Failed to reply to correspondence from the Society, f) Failed to attend a meeting of the Complaints and Client Relations Committee when required to do so. The tribunal ordered that the matter go forward to the High Court, and the President of the High Court, on 8 April 2013, made the following orders: a) That the name of the respondent solicitor be struck from the Roll of Solicitors, b) That the Society do recover the costs of the proceedings before the High Court and the costs of the proceedings before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal as against the respondent solicitor, to be taxed in default of agreement.
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal on 5 July 2012 found Patrick McCarthy guilty of misconduct including failing to stamp/register a deed, prejudicing clients through accruing interest and penalties, misleading his clients and their new solicitor, and failing to cooperate with the Society. The matter went to the High Court, which on 8 April 2013 struck his name from the Roll of Solicitors and ordered him to pay the costs of both the High Court and Tribunal proceedings, to be taxed in default of agreement. No express finding of dishonesty was recorded.
Duties found breached:
- No improper communication with the court
- No taking unfair advantage
- No conflict between current clients
- Safeguard documents and limit liens
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
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