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/DT124/11 and 2014 no 4 SA] Law Society of Ireland (applicant) Gregory F O’Neill (respondent solicitor) On 19 September 2013, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of misconduct in his practice as a solicitor, in that he: a) Failed to pay over expeditiously, within a reasonable time or at all, the balance of settlement compensation to the complainant, despite having been paid by the defendant’s insurance company, b) Failed to respond adequately or at all to the complainant’s correspondence and, in particular, emails dated 20 December 2010, 26 January 2011 and 22 March 2011, c) Failed to respond adequately or at all to the Society’s correspondence, dated 13 April 2011. The tribunal ordered that the matter go forward to the High Court, and the President of the High Court, on 3 March 2014, made the following orders: a) That the name of the respondent solicitor shall be struck from the Roll of Solicitors, b) That the respondent do pay the Society the costs of the High Court proceedings and the costs of the proceedings before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, to include witness expenses, 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 Gregory F O'Neill guilty of misconduct for failing to pay over settlement compensation to a complainant despite receiving it from the defendant's insurer, and for failing to respond to the complainant's and the Society's correspondence. The matter was referred to the High Court, where the President ordered on 3 March 2014 that his name be struck from the Roll of Solicitors and that he pay the Society's costs of both the High Court and Tribunal proceedings, including witness expenses, to be taxed in default of agreement.
Duties found breached:
- No improper communication with the court
- Complaints procedure and handling
- Prompt accounting and return of money
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
Other decisions involving this respondent
Matched by respondent name — may include a different person with the same name.
Documents
No documents recorded.
Source: https://www.lawsociety.ie/Public/disciplinarysearch/