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/DT146/12 and 2014 no 2 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 the direction of the Complaints and Client Relations Committee meeting made on 9 February 2012 to refund fees to a named client within 28 days from the date of that direction. 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 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 on 19 September 2013 for failing to comply with a Complaints and Client Relations Committee direction to refund client fees within 28 days. The matter was sent to the High Court, which on 3 March 2014 ordered the solicitor's name struck from the Roll of Solicitors and ordered him to pay the Society's High Court and Tribunal costs, 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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