Decision record
Aiden Barry
Allegation / charges
In the matter of Aiden Barry, solicitor, formerly practising as Aiden Barry Solicitor, Roche House, 8 Bank Place, Limerick, Co Limerick, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2011 [7243/DT60/13 and High Court record 2014 no 48 SA] Law Society of Ireland (applicant) Aiden Barry (respondent solicitor) On 7 January 2014, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of misconduct in his practice as a solicitor in that he: a) Failed, within a reasonable time or at all, to expeditiously comply with the totality of directions made by the Complaints and Client Relations Committee at a meeting on 10 July 2012 and 26 July 2012, respectively, to furnish documentation and information regarding the transaction of the sale of the complainants’ share of a named business, b) Failed to provide a proper account and breakdown to the complainants in respect of the sale of their share of a named business expeditiously, within a reasonable time or at all, despite being requested to do so. The tribunal ordered that the matter go forward to the High Court, and the President of the High Court, on 28 April 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 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 Aiden Barry guilty of misconduct for failing to comply with committee directions to furnish documentation and failing to provide a proper account/breakdown to complainants regarding the sale of their share of a business. The matter went to the High Court, which on 28 April 2014 ordered his name 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. No express finding of dishonesty was recorded.
Duties found breached:
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
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