Brendan MacNamara

Allegation / charges

In the matter of Brendan MacNamara, solicitor, Mountrath Road, Portlaoise, Co Laois, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2011 [10447/DT134/11 and High Court record 2015 no 64 SA] Law Society of Ireland (applicant) Brendan MacNamara (respondent solicitor) On 4 March 2015, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of misconduct in his practice as a solicitor in that he failed to comply with a solicitor’s undertaking to Bank of Ireland dated 7 January 2007 in respect of a named client, so that the bank was left with no security in respect of an advance of €170,000 to the said client. The tribunal ordered that the matter go forward to the High Court and, on 20 July 2015, the High Court made the following orders on consent: 1) That the name of the respondent solicitor shall be struck from the Roll of Solicitors, 2) That the respondent solicitor pay the whole of the applicant’s costs of the proceedings before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, to include witness expenses, with taxation in default of agreement, 3) That the respondent solicitor pay to the applicant the costs of the High Court proceedings to be taxed in default of agreement.

Duties engaged

• Honour professional undertakings

Other decisions involving this respondent

• Decision 2015-07-20 · LSI · Ireland
• Decision 2013-01-21 · LSI · Ireland

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