Decision record
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/DT126/11 and 2014 no 11 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 a direction of the committee meeting on 4 February 2011, whereby he was to compensate the complainant in the sum of €3,000. 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 solicitor do pay the sum of €3,000 as restitution to named clients, c) That the respondent do pay 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 for failing to comply with a direction to compensate a complainant €3,000. The matter went to the High Court, whose President ordered his name struck from the Roll of Solicitors, payment of €3,000 restitution to named clients, and payment of the Society's costs of both High Court and Tribunal proceedings including witness expenses, 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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