Brendan MacNamara

Allegation / charges

In the matter of Brendan MacNamara, solicitor, Mountrath Road, Portlaoise, Co Laois, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2011 [10447/DT131/11 and High Court record 2015 no 69 SA] Law Society of Ireland (applicant) Brendan MacNamara (respondent solicitor) On 4 March 2015, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of misconduct in his practice as a solicitor in that he: 1) Permitted client ledger debit balances of €4,200 and €1,512 to arise on the client account, resulting in a deficit of €5,712, in breach of regulation 7(2), 2) Updated a deed to 1 May 2006 instead of December 2004 and then presented the updated deed to Revenue for stamping, 3) Received party-and-party costs in a personal injuries action but failed to pay third party outlays until after the Society’s investigation. The tribunal ordered that the matter go forward to the High Court and, on 20 July 2015, the High Court made the following orders on consent: 1) That the name of the respondent solicitor shall be struck from the Roll of Solicitors, 2) That the respondent solicitor pay the whole of the applicant’s costs of the proceedings before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, to include witness expenses, with taxation in default of agreement, 3) That the respondent solicitor pay to the applicant the costs of the High Court proceedings, to be taxed in default of agreement.

Other decisions involving this respondent

• Decision 2015-07-20 · LSI · Ireland
• Decision 2013-01-21 · LSI · Ireland

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