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/DT37/13 and High Court record 2014 no 74 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 forward all files and documents to the complainant expeditiously, within a reasonable time, or at all, leaving his client unable to complete registration of a property at Inagh, Co Clare, 2) Failed to account for the sum of €2,500 to the complainant in a timely manner or at all, 3) Failed to respond adequately or at all to the Society’s correspondence and, in particular, letters dated 17 September 2012 and 21 September 2012 respectively, 4) Failed to attend a meeting of the Complaints and Client Relations Committee on 16 October 2012, despite being required to do so. 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 solicitor John Rynne guilty of misconduct for failing to forward files, failing to account for €2,500, failing to respond to Law Society correspondence, and failing to attend a committee meeting. The matter went to the High Court, which on 30 June 2014 ordered his name struck from the Roll of Solicitors and ordered him to pay the costs of both the Tribunal and High Court proceedings (to be taxed in default of agreement). No dishonesty was expressly found.
Duties found breached:
- No improper communication with the court
- Handle inadvertently received material
- Prompt accounting and return of money
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
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