Cindy McCarthy Yates
Allegation / charges
In the matter of Cindy McCarthy Yates, a solicitor practising under the style and title of McCarthy Solicitors at 5 The Old Market, Market Street, Bandon, Co Cork, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2011 [12313/DT13/13, 12313/DT14/13, 12313/DT15/13 and High Court record 2014 no 51 SA] Law Society of Ireland (applicant) Cindy McCarthy Yates (respondent solicitor) 12313/DT13/13 On 21 February 2014, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of professional misconduct in her practice as a solicitor in that she: 1) Failed to comply with an undertaking furnished to the complainants on 10 September 2010 in connection with property in Co Cork and the named borrowers in a timely manner or at all, 2) Failed to attend a meeting of the Complaints and Client Relations Committee on 5 June 2012, despite being required to do so. 12313/DT14/13 On 21 February 2014, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of professional misconduct in her practice as a solicitor in that she: 1) Failed to comply with an undertaking furnished to the complainants on 13 August 2010 in respect of property in Co Cork and her named clients and borrowers in a timely manner or at all, 2) Failed to respond to the Society’s letters of 23 November 2011, 14 December 2011, 27 January 2012, 20 February 2012, 2 March 2012 and 27 March 2012 in a timely manner or at all, 3) Did not attend the Complaints and Client Relations Committee meeting on 5 June 2012, despite being required to do so. 12313/DT15/13 On 21 February 2014, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of professional misconduct in her practice as a solicitor in that she: 1) Failed to comply with an undertaking furnished to the Complainants on 26 March 2009 in respect of her named clients and property in Co Cork in a timely manner or at all, 2) Failed to attend the Complaints and Client Relations Committee meeting on 5 June 2012, despite being required to do so. The tribunal ordered that the matters go forward to the High Court and, on 18 April 2014, the High Court ordered that: 1) The name of the respondent solicitor be struck from the Roll of Solicitors, 2) The respondent solicitor pay the applicant the costs of the proceedings before the disciplinary tribunal and 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
Across three matters (DT13/13, DT14/13, DT15/13), the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal on 21 February 2014 found the respondent solicitor guilty of professional misconduct for failing to comply with multiple undertakings regarding Co Cork properties, failing to respond to Law Society correspondence, and failing to attend a Complaints and Client Relations Committee meeting. The matters were referred to the High Court, which on 18 April 2014 ordered that her name be struck from the Roll of Solicitors and that she pay the applicant's costs, to be taxed in default of agreement.
Duties found breached:
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Duties engaged
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