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/DT38/13 and High Court record 2014 no 75 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 with a direction of the Complaints and Client Relations Committee meeting made on 22 March 2012 that he refund to the complainants the fees and outlays paid by the complainants of €1993.50, 2) Failed to pay a costs levy to the Society of €450 as directed by the Complaints and Client Relations Committee meeting on 9 February 2012. 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 for failing to comply with a direction to refund complainants €1,993.50 and for failing to pay a €450 costs levy to the Law Society. The matter went to the High Court, which on 30 June 2014 ordered his name struck from the Roll of Solicitors and directed him to pay the costs of both the Tribunal proceedings (including witness expenses) and the High Court proceedings, to be taxed in default of agreement. No dishonesty finding was expressly made.
Duties found breached:
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Duties engaged
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