William J (otherwise Liam) Davis
Allegation / charges
In the matter of William J Davis (otherwise Liam), solicitor, of William J Davis & Co, Solicitors, 14 Herbert Street, Dublin 2, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2008 [4399/DT34/09 and High Court record 2012 no 5SA] Law Society of Ireland (applicant) William J Davis (respondent solicitor) On 30 July 2009, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of misconduct in his practice as a solicitor in that he: 1) Breached regulation 21(1) of the Solicitors Accounts Regulations (SI 421 of 2001) in failing to ensure that there was furnished to the Society an accountant’s report covering his financial year ended 30 November 2006 within six months thereafter, that is, by 31 May 2007, 2) Through his conduct, showed a disregard for his own statutory obligations and the Society’s statutory obligation to monitor compliance with the Solicitors Accounts Regulations for the protection of clients, the solicitors’ profession, and the public. The tribunal ordered that the matter go forward to the High Court and, on 27 February 2012, the President of the High Court 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, to include witness expenses in these proceedings and in other High Court proceedings involving the same parties as against the respondent when taxed or ascertained as one set of costs.
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found William J Davis guilty of misconduct for failing to furnish an accountant's report covering the financial year ended 30 November 2006 within the required six months, and for showing disregard for statutory obligations. The matter was sent to the High Court, which on 27 February 2012 ordered his name struck from the Roll of Solicitors and awarded costs of the High Court and Tribunal proceedings (including witness expenses) to the Society, taxed as one set of costs.
Duties found breached:
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
Documents
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Source: https://www.lawsociety.ie/Public/disciplinarysearch/