David Walsh
Allegation / charges
In the matter of David Walsh, solicitor, formerly practising as David Walsh & Co, Solicitors, at 12 Mount Street, Mullingar, Co Westmeath, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2011 [4550/DT124/12 and 2014 no 70 SA] Law Society of Ireland (applicant) David Walsh (respondent solicitor) On 18 February 2014, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of misconduct in his practice as a solicitor in that he failed to comply with the undertaking given to the complainant dated 26 April 2005 on behalf of a named client over property at Mullingar, Co Westmeath, expeditiously, within a reasonable time, or at all. The tribunal ordered that the matter go forward to the High Court and, on 27 May 2014, the President of the High Court made the following orders: 1) That the name of the respondent solicitor shall be struck from the Roll of Solicitors, 2) That the respondent do pay the Society the costs of the proceedings before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal only, 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 David Walsh guilty of misconduct for failing to comply with an undertaking given on 26 April 2005. The matter went forward to the High Court, which on 27 May 2014 ordered his name struck from the Roll of Solicitors and that he pay the Society's costs of the Tribunal proceedings, including witness expenses, to be taxed in default of agreement. No express finding of dishonesty.
Duties found breached:
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
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