Paul Lambert
Allegation / charges
In the matter of Paul Lambert, a former solicitor, previously practising as Merrion Legal, Butlers Court, 77 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2, and in the matter of an application by the Law Society of Ireland to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2011 [8876/DT100/15 and High Court record 2017/43 SA] Law Society of Ireland (applicant) Paul Lambert (respondent former solicitor) On 20 October 2016, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent former solicitor guilty of professional misconduct in his practice as a solicitor in that he: 1) Failed to ensure that there was furnished to the Society an accountant’s report for the year ended 30 September 2014 within six months of that date, in breach of regulation 21(1) of the Solicitors Accounts Regulations (SI 421 of 2001), 2) Through his conduct, showed disregard for his statutory obligation to comply with the Solicitors Accounts Regulations and showed disregard for the Society’s statutory obligation to monitor compliance with the Solicitors Accounts Regulations for the protection of clients and the public. The tribunal sent the matter forward to the High Court and, on Monday 29 May 2017, the High Court ordered that: 1) The respondent former solicitor is not a fit person to be a member of the solicitors’ profession, as recommended by the disciplinary tribunal, having noted that the solicitor was struck off the Roll of Solicitors by order of the High Court on 17 July 2015 in proceedings 2015 no 5 SA, 2) The respondent former solicitor pay the whole of the costs of the Law Society, to be taxed by a taxing master of the High Court in default of agreement.
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found former solicitor Paul Lambert guilty of professional misconduct for failing to furnish an accountant's report for the year ended 30 September 2014 and showing disregard for his statutory obligations under the Solicitors Accounts Regulations. The matter was sent to the High Court, which on 29 May 2017 found him not a fit person to be a member of the profession (he having already been struck off in July 2015) and ordered him to pay the whole of the Law Society's costs. No express finding of dishonesty was made.
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Already struck off the Roll of Solicitors by order of the High Court on 17 July 2015
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
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