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/DT176/10 and High Court record 2014 no 7SA] Law Society of Ireland (applicant) Greg O’Neill (respondent solicitor) On 19 September 2013, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of professional misconduct in that he: 1) Failed to ensure that there was furnished to the Society an accountant’s report for the year ended 31 December 2009 within six months of that date, in breach of regulation 21(1) of the Solicitors’ Accounts Regulations 2001 (SI 421 of 2001), 2) Through his conduct, showed disregard for his statutory obligation to comply with the Solicitors’ Accounts Regulations and showed disregard for the Society’s statutory obligation to monitor compliance with the Solicitors’ Accounts Regulations for the protection of clients and the public. The tribunal ordered that the matter go forward to the President of the High Court and, on 3 March 2014, the President of the High Court ordered that the solicitor’s name be struck from the Roll of Solicitors and that the respondent solicitor pay the costs of the Society’s proceedings before the disciplinary tribunal and the cost 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 Greg O'Neill guilty of professional misconduct for failing to furnish an accountant's report for 2009 and for showing disregard for his obligations under the Solicitors' Accounts Regulations. The President of the High Court ordered his name struck from the Roll of Solicitors and that he pay the Society's costs, taxed in default of agreement. No dishonesty finding was expressly made.
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