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John JA Rynne

JurisdictionIreland
BodyLaw Society of Ireland (Regulation) (LSI)
Professionsolicitor — Rynne Hanrahan & Associates, Abbington House, 4 Limerick Road, Ennis, Co Clare, and Hanrahan Rynne Solicitors, 3B Riverside Business Park, Ennis, Co Clare
Date30/06/2014

Allegation / charges

In the matter of John JA Rynne, solicitor, formerly practising as Rynne Hanrahan & Associates, Abbington House, 4 Limerick Road, Ennis, Co Clare, and in the firm of Hanrahan Rynne Solicitors, 3B Riverside Business Park, Ennis, Co Clare, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2011 [7318/DT87/13 and High Court record 2014 no 77 SA] Law Society of Ireland (applicant) John Rynne (respondent solicitor) On 4 March 2014, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of misconduct in his practice as a solicitor in that he failed to ensure that there was furnished to the Society a closing accountant’s report, as required by regulation 26(2) of the regulations, in a timely manner or at all. The tribunal ordered that the matter go forward to the High Court, and the President of the High Court, on 30 June 2014, 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 to the applicant the costs of the proceedings before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, to include witness expenses, to be taxed in default of agreement, 3) That the respondent do pay to the applicant the costs of the High Court proceedings, to be taxed in default of agreement.

Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision

SanctionStrike Off
Dishonesty foundNo

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found John Rynne guilty of misconduct for failing to furnish the Law Society with a closing accountant's report as required by regulation 26(2). The matter was referred to the High Court, and on 30 June 2014 the President ordered his name struck from the Roll of Solicitors and that he pay the costs of both the Tribunal and High Court proceedings, to be taxed in default of agreement.

Duties found breached:

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]

Duties engaged

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