Greg (otherwise John G) Casey
Allegation / charges
In the matter of Greg (otherwise John G) Casey, formerly practising in the solicitors’ firm of Casey & Co, North Main Street, Bandon, Co Cork, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2011 [5355/DT06/09 and 2014 no 158 SA] Law Society of Ireland (applicant) Greg (otherwise John G) Casey (respondent solicitor) On 3 July 2014, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of misconduct in his practice as a solicitor in that he: 1) Failed to act on the complainant’s instructions to obtain an injunction and/or compensation due to the implementation of the European Union ban on drift-net fishing for tuna, 2) Retained papers and files and refused to return these to the complainant and/or the Irish Tuna Association to enable them to instruct new solicitors to carry out the work that the respondent solicitor failed to do, 3) Failed to adequately answer correspondence and telephone calls from the complainant and/or the Irish Tuna Association in relation to the case from the receipt of instructions in 2002 until the complaint was lodged with the Society, 4) Failed to adequately answer correspondence from the Law Society in relation to this matter and, in particular, letters from the Society dated 15 July 2005, 28 July 2005, 9 August 2005, 17 August 2005, 13 September 2005, 28 September 2005, 6 October 2005 and 12 October 2005 respectively, 5) Failed to comply with the requirements of the notice issued pursuant to section 10 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994 , dated 29 March 2007, requiring delivery to the Society within ten days of service all documents relating to the complaint of the complainant. The tribunal ordered that the matter go forward to the High Court, and the President of the High Court, on 12 January 2015, made the following orders: 1) That the name of the respondent solicitor shall be struck from the Roll of Solicitors, 2) That the Society do recover the costs of the High Court proceedings and the costs of the proceedings before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal as against the respondent, 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 Greg (John G) Casey guilty of misconduct on 3 July 2014 for failing to act on client instructions, retaining files, failing to respond to the client and the Law Society, and failing to comply with a section 10 notice. The matter went to the High Court, where the President ordered on 12 January 2015 that his name be struck off the Roll of Solicitors and that the Society recover its costs, to be taxed in default of agreement. No express finding of dishonesty was made.
Duties found breached:
- No improper communication with the court
- Complaints procedure and handling
- No conflict between current clients
- Handle inadvertently received material
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
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Documents
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