Aiden Barry
Allegation / charges
In the matter of Aiden Barry, solicitor, formerly practising as Aiden Barry Solicitor, Roche House, 8 Bank Place, Limerick, Co Limerick, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2011 [7243/DT96/13 and High Court record 2014 no 50 SA] Law Society of Ireland (applicant) Aiden Barry (respondent solicitor) On 7 January 2014, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of misconduct in his practice as a solicitor in that he: a) Failed to refund the sum of €18,000 to a named client in a timely fashion or at all, b) Failed to account to a named client in a timely fashion or at all, c) Failed to respond adequately or at all to the Society’s correspondence, in particular letters dated 7 November 2011, 23 November 2011, 7 December 2011, 20 December 2011, 14 February 2012, 29 February 2012, 14 March 2012, 2 April 2012, 19 April 2012 and 24 April 2012 respectively, d) Failed to attend a meeting of the Complaints and Client Relations Committee on 11 September 2012, despite being required to do so, e) Failed to respond in a timely fashion to requests from a named client and his new solicitor to hand over the files, f) Released monies held for the payment of stamp duty to a named client, despite having given an undertaking to the complainant’s lending institution. The tribunal ordered that the matter go forward to the High Court, and the President of the High Court, on 28 April 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 pay 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 on 7 January 2014 found Aiden Barry guilty of misconduct including failing to refund €18,000 to a client, failing to account, failing to respond to the Society's correspondence, failing to attend a committee meeting, failing to hand over files, and releasing stamp-duty monies despite an undertaking to a lending institution. The matter went to the High Court, which on 28 April 2014 ordered his name struck from the Roll of Solicitors and that he pay the Society's costs of both the High Court and Tribunal proceedings, including witness expenses, to be taxed in default of agreement. No express finding of dishonesty was recorded.
Duties found breached:
- No improper communication with the court
- Keep client informed and respond promptly
- No improper use of client money
- Prompt accounting and return of money
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
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