Paul Lambert
Allegation / charges
In the matter of Paul Lambert, a solicitor practising as Merrion Legal, Solicitors & Community Trademark Agents, Suite 12, Butlers Court, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2011 [8776/DT62/11 and High Court record no 5SA/2015] Law Society of Ireland (applicant) Paul Lambert (respondent solicitor) On 22 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 ensure compliance with Merrion Legal Services’ undertaking dated 17 November 2006 to the complainant bank to register a first legal charge in favour of the complainant over a named property, 2) Failed to reply adequately to the complainant’s letters dated 30 September 2009, 8 March 2010, and 16 February 2010, 3) Failed to reply adequately to the Society’s correspondence dated 7 May 2010, 26 May 2010, 28 June 2010, 15 October 2010, 9 December 2010, 17 December 2010, and 5 January 2011, 4) Breached section 3(d) of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1960 , as substituted by section 7(d) of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 2002 , when he allowed a solicitor to practise as a solicitor in Merrion Legal Services when he knew or ought to have known upon reasonable enquiry that a practising certificate was not in force in respect of that solicitor, in breach of section 56 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994 . The tribunal ordered that the matter should go forward to the High Court and, on 2 July 2015, the High Court ordered that: 1) The name of the respondent solicitor be struck from the Roll of Solicitors, 2) The respondent solicitor do pay to the Society its costs of the within proceedings and of the proceedings before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal when taxed and ascertained in default of agreement.
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found Paul Lambert, a solicitor practising as Merrion Legal, guilty of misconduct on 22 July 2014 for failing to comply with an undertaking to a bank, failing to reply adequately to the complainant and to the Society, and allowing a solicitor to practise without a practising certificate in force. The matter went forward to the High Court, which on 2 July 2015 ordered that his name be struck from the Roll of Solicitors and that he pay the Society's costs when taxed. No express finding of dishonesty was recorded.
Duties found breached:
- No improper communication with the court
- Complaints procedure and handling
- Safeguard documents and limit liens
- Hold a current practising certificate
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
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