John JA Rynne
Allegation / charges
In the matter of John JA Rynne, solicitor, formerly practising as Rynne Hanrahan & Associates, Abbington House, 4 Limerick Road, Ennis, Co Clare, and in the firm of Hanrahan Rynne Solicitors, 3B Riverside Business Park, Ennis, Co Clare, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2011 [7318/DT82/13 and High Court record 2014 no 76 SA] Law Society of Ireland (applicant) John Rynne (respondent solicitor) On 4 March 2014, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of misconduct in his practice as a solicitor in that he: 1) Failed to comply expeditiously, within a reasonable time, or at all with an undertaking dated 24 June 2000, given by him to the complainant, on behalf of a named client, in respect of property at Cork, 2) Failed to respond adequately or at all to the complainant’s correspondence concerning a named client and his undertaking to the complainant dated 24 June 2000 and, in particular, letters dated 5 July 2006, 5 July 2007, 3 January 2008, 28 February 2008, 13 March 2008, 3 March 2010, 29 June 2010, 23 September 2010 and 24 May 2011 respectively, 3) Failed to comply adequately or at all with directions made by the Complaints and Client Relations Committee at its meeting on 15 May 2012 in respect of an undertaking given on behalf of a named client to the complainant, dated 24 June 2000, 4) Failed to attend before the Complaints and Client Relations Committee at its meetings of 26 June 2012, 4 September 2012, and 16 October 2012 respectively in respect of an undertaking given on behalf of a named client to the complainant, dated 24 June 2000, despite being required to do so, 5) Failed expeditiously, within a reasonable time, or at all to honour an undertaking given by him to the complainant, in respect of a named client, over property at Ennis, Co Clare, under cover of undertaking dated 11 August 2006, 6) Failed to reply adequately or at all to the complainant’s correspondence concerning a named client and his undertaking to the complainant dated 11 August 2006, in particular, letters dated 19 August 2009, 16 November 2009, 15 February 2010, 3 March 2010, 29 June 2010, 23 September 2010 and 24 May 2011, 7) Failed to comply with the directions of the Complaints and Client Relations Committee made at its meeting on 15 May 2012 adequately or at all in respect of the matter of a named client. The tribunal ordered that the matter go forward to the High Court, and the President of the High Court, on 30 June 2014, made the following orders: 1) That the name of the respondent solicitor shall be struck from the Roll of Solicitors, 2) That the respondent do pay to the applicant the costs of the proceedings before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, to include witness expenses, to be taxed in default of agreement, 3) That the respondent do pay to the applicant the costs of the High Court proceedings, 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 John Rynne guilty of misconduct on 4 March 2014 for failing to honour two solicitor's undertakings (dated 24 June 2000 and 11 August 2006), failing to respond to correspondence, failing to comply with directions of the Complaints and Client Relations Committee, and failing to attend committee meetings. The matter went forward to the High Court, where the President on 30 June 2014 ordered that the respondent be struck off the Roll of Solicitors and pay the applicant's costs of both the Tribunal and High Court proceedings, to be taxed in default of agreement. No express finding of dishonesty was recorded.
Duties found breached:
- No improper communication with the court
- Complaints procedure and handling
- Honour professional undertakings
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
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