Gregory F O'Neill
Allegation / charges
In the matter of Gregory F O’Neill, solicitor, formerly practising as Greg O’Neill, Solicitors, Suite 109, The Capel Building, Mary’s Abbey, Dublin 7, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2011 [3365/DT127/11 and 2014 no 6 SA] Law Society of Ireland (applicant) Gregory F O’Neill (respondent solicitor) On 19 September 2013, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of misconduct in his practice as a solicitor, in that he failed to comply with a direction of the committee dated 18 January 2011, whereby he was directed (and to which he subsequently agreed) to refund the sum of €1,235 to the complainant within 28 days. The tribunal ordered that the matter go forward to the High Court, and the President of the High Court, on 3 March 2014, made the following orders: a) That the name of the respondent solicitor shall be struck from the Roll of Solicitors, b) That the respondent solicitor do pay the sum of €1,235 as restitution to a named client, c) That the respondent do pay to the Society the costs of the High Court proceedings and the costs of the proceedings before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, to include witness expenses, 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 the respondent guilty of misconduct for failing to comply with a committee direction (to which he had agreed) to refund €1,235 to a complainant within 28 days. The matter went to the High Court, where the President ordered on 3 March 2014 that his name be struck from the Roll of Solicitors, that he pay €1,235 restitution to the named client, and that he pay the Society's costs of both the High Court and Disciplinary Tribunal proceedings (including witness expenses), to be taxed in default of agreement. No express finding of dishonesty was recorded.
Duties found breached:
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
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