John JA Rynne
Allegation / charges
In the matter of John JA Rynne, solicitor, formerly practising as Rynne Hanrahan & Associates, Abbington House, 4 Limerick Road, Ennis, Co Clare, and in the firm of Hanrahan Rynne Solicitors, 3B Riverside Business Park, Ennis, Co Clare, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2011 [7318/DT114/13 and High Court record 2014 no 78 SA] Law Society of Ireland (applicant) John Rynne (respondent solicitor) On 4 March 2014, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of misconduct in his practice as a solicitor in that he: 1) Failed expeditiously, within a reasonable time, or at all to account for moneys paid by the complainant to him, 2) Failed expeditiously, within a reasonable time, or at all to account for the whereabouts of the original title deeds to the complainant’s property at Ennistymon, Co Clare, 3) Failed expeditiously, within a reasonable time, or at all to stamp and register title deeds to the complainant’s property at Ennistymon, Co Clare, 4) Failed to carry out his client’s instructions, 5) Failed to attend Complaints and Client Relations Committee meetings, despite being required to do so and, in particular, 14 December 2011, 28 February 2012, 3 April 2012, and 16 October 2012, 6) Failed to respond adequately or at all to the Society’s correspondence and, in particular, letters dated 7 March 2011, 11 April 2011, 22 May 2011, 3 August 2011, 22 August 2011, 6 September 2011, 12 October 2011, 18 October 2011, 20 October 2011, and 25 October 2011, 7) Breached an order made by the High Court on 5 December 2011 to attend a meeting of the Complaints and Client Relations Committee on 14 December 2011. The tribunal ordered that the matter go forward to the High Court, and the President of the High Court, on 30 June 2014, made the following orders: 1) That the name of the respondent solicitor shall be struck from the Roll of Solicitors, 2) That the respondent do pay to the applicant the costs of the proceedings before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, to include witness expenses, to be taxed in default of agreement, 3) That the respondent do pay to the applicant the costs of the High Court proceedings, to be taxed in default of agreement.
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found John Rynne guilty of misconduct including failing to account for client moneys and title deeds, failing to stamp/register deeds, failing to carry out instructions, failing to attend Committee meetings, failing to respond to Society correspondence, and breaching a High Court order. On 30 June 2014 the President of the High Court ordered his name struck from the Roll of Solicitors and that he pay the applicant's costs of both the Tribunal and High Court proceedings, to be taxed in default of agreement. No express finding of dishonesty was recorded.
Duties found breached:
- Disclose adverse law to the court
- Proper basis for allegations
- No improper communication with the court
- No improper use of client money
- Prompt accounting and return of money
- Safeguard documents and limit liens
Aggravating factors:
- Breach of a High Court order
- Repeated failure to attend Committee meetings and respond to correspondence
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
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