Paul Madden
Allegation / charges
In the matter of Paul Madden, a solicitor formerly practising as Paul Madden & Company, Solicitors, Fitzpatrick Square, Clones, Co Monaghan, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2011 [10035/DT104/14 and High Court record 2015 no 54 SA] Law Society of Ireland (applicant) Paul Madden (respondent solicitor) On 11 March 2015, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of misconduct in his practice as a solicitor in that he failed to comply expeditiously, within a reasonable time, or at all with an undertaking given by him on behalf of a named client over property at Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim, to KBC Homeloans by undertaking dated 2 November 2008. The tribunal ordered that the matter go forward to the High Court and, on 22 June 2015, the President of the High Court ordered that: 1) The name of the respondent solicitor shall be struck from the Roll of Solicitors, 2) The respondent solicitor pay the whole of the Society’s costs and witness expenses in the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal proceedings, to be taxed in default of agreement, 3) The respondent solicitor pay to the Society 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 Paul Madden guilty of misconduct for failing to comply with an undertaking to KBC Homeloans given in 2008. The matter was referred to the High Court, which on 22 June 2015 ordered his name struck from the Roll of Solicitors and that he pay the Society's costs and witness expenses in both the Tribunal and High Court proceedings, to be taxed in default of agreement. No express finding of dishonesty was recorded.
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