Decision record
Henry Joseph Arigho
Allegation / charges
In the matter of Henry Joseph Arigho, a solicitor formerly practising as Henry Arigho & Co, Solicitors, Main Street, Moate, Co Westmeath, and in the matter of the Solicitors Acts 1954-2011 [3452/DT61/13, 3452/DT62/13, 3452/DT63/13, 3452/DT176/13, 3452/DT185/13, and High Court record no 2016/222 SA] Law Society of Ireland (applicant) Henry Joseph Arigho (respondent solicitor) On 23 July 2014, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the respondent solicitor guilty of misconduct in his practice as a solicitor in that he: 3452/DT61/13 1) Failed to comply with part or all of his undertaking, dated 28 August 2007 in respect of a named property, to a bank in a timely manner or at all, 2) Failed to attend the meeting of the applicant’s Complaints and Client Relations Committee on 10 January 2012, despite being required to do so, 3) Failed to reply satisfactorily to one or more letters from the complainant bank in a timely manner and/or at all, notwithstanding his undertaking to them. 3452/DT62/13 1) Failed to comply with part or all of his undertaking, dated 28 August 2007 in respect of a named property, to a bank in a timely manner or at all, 2) Failed to attend the meeting of the applicant’s Complaints and Client Relations Committee on 10 January 2012, despite being required to do so, 3) Failed to reply satisfactorily to one or more letters from the complainant bank in a timely manner and/or at all, notwithstanding his undertaking to them. 3452/DT63/13 1) Failed to comply with part or all of his undertaking, dated 17 October 2008, relating to a named property, 2) Failed to attend the meeting of the applicant’s Complaints and Client Relations Committee on 10 January 2012, despite being required to do so, 3) Failed to reply satisfactorily to one or more letters from the complainant bank in a timely manner and/or at all, notwithstanding his undertaking to them. 3452/DT176/13 1) Failed to comply with part or all of his undertaking dated 19 December 2002, insofar as it related to a specified property, 2) Failed to reply to one or more letters from the complainant bank either in a satisfactory and/or a timely manner, notwithstanding his undertaking to the bank. 3452/DT185/13 1) Failed to comply with part or all of his undertaking dated 27 May 2002, 2) Failed to reply to one or more letters from the complainant bank either in a satisfactory and/or timely manner, notwithstanding his undertaking to the bank. The tribunal ordered that the matter go forward to the High Court and, on 12 December 2016, the High Court ordered that any future practising certificate of the respondent solicitor limit him to practising as an assistant solicitor in the employment and under the direct control and supervision of another solicitor of at least ten years’ standing, to be approved in advance by the applicant.
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found Henry Joseph Arigho guilty of misconduct across five matters, principally for failing to comply with multiple undertakings to banks, failing to attend a Complaints Committee meeting, and failing to respond to correspondence. The matter went to the High Court, which on 12 December 2016 imposed conditions restricting any future practising certificate to practise only as an assistant solicitor under supervision of a solicitor of at least ten years' standing approved in advance by the Society.
Duties found breached:
- No improper communication with the court
- Keep client informed and respond promptly
- Honour professional undertakings
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
Documents
No documents recorded.
Source: https://www.lawsociety.ie/Public/disciplinarysearch?viewAll=True