Rody Kelly-Corrigan
Allegation / charges
In the matter of Rody Kelly Corrigan, a solicitor previously practising as Rody Kelly Corrigan, Solicitors, The Glass House, 11 Coke Street, Smithfield, Dublin 7, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2015 [2021/DT08 and High Court 2023 no 26 SA] Law Society of Ireland (applicant) Rody Kelly Corrigan (respondent solicitor) On 17 October 2022, the tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of professional misconduct, in that he: 1) Allowed a deficit of €64,472.50 in client funds as of 11 July 2019 by: a) Misappropriating the sum of €50,000 from the purchase money furnished to him by a client, b) Misappropriating the sum of €6,300 in respect of stamp duty and €1,062.50 in respect of registration fees in relation to the same purchase, c) Misappropriating the sum of €7,380 due to senior counsel in respect of a claim settled, 2) Misappropriated the sum of €17,500 from the settlement in a case, which was subsequently repaid from monies received in a conveyancing matter, 3) Caused a claim of €58,466.43 to be paid from the compensation fund in respect of his former client whose funds he had misappropriated. The matter was referred to the High Court and, on 5 July 2023, the court ordered that: 1) The respondent solicitor be suspended from practise for a period of 12 months from 27 April 2023, 2) In the event that the respondent solicitor wishes to practise as a solicitor following that period of suspension, a) He not be permitted to practise as a sole practitioner or in partnership, b) He be permitted only to practise as an assistant solicitor in the employment and under the direct control and supervision of another solicitor of at least ten years’ standing, to be approved in advance by the Society, c) He not be permitted to have access to client funds. 3) The restrictions referred to at (2) above apply to every practising certificate obtained by the respondent solicitor in the event of a resumption of practise after the period of suspension referred to at paragraph (1) above, 4) The applicant have liberty immediately to re-enter the proceedings to seek to have the respondent solicitor’s name struck off the Roll of Solicitors in the event of any breach of the restrictions on his practice or any further acts of dishonesty, 5) The respondent solicitor pay a specified amount by means of contribution towards the applicant’s costs before the tribunal and the applicant’s measured costs in respect of its application to the High Court.
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