The Gazette 1994

GAZETTE

Discipl inary Cases /Compensat ion Fund

Re: Robert Lee practising as Lee's solicitors Lord Edward Street Kilmallock Co. Limerick and at Lower Main Street Kilfinane Co. Limerick 22SA/1993

• he misled the Society as to his involvement in relation to the non- registration of the complainants' title.

• failed to adequately address the problem when it first came to his notice and allowed the complaints to be attended to by an unqualified member of his staff. • failed to adequately supervise his office and the attention to work by his unqualified staff. • Compensation Fund Payments - January, 1994 The following claim amounts were admitted by the Compensation Fund Committee and approved for payment by the Council of the Law Society at its meeting in January 1994.

Re: Thomas Baldwin practising as Early & Baldwin 27/28, Marino Mart

Fairview Dublin 3 24SA/1993

On 13 December 1993, the Acting President of the High Court ordered: (a) that Thomas Gerard Baldwin, Solicitor, stand censured regarding his conduct as a solicitor; (b) that he pay by way of fine to the Law Society a sum of £2,000; (c) that the said Thomas Gerard Baldwin pay the Society the costs of the proceedings both before the Disciplinary Committee measured in the sum of £350 and also the costs of the Petition to the High Court, to be taxed in default of agreement. The Court had before it a report of the Chairman of the Disciplinary Com- mittee of a hearing on 27 July 1993 in which the Committee found misconduct on the part of the solicitor in that he: • failed to take proper action on behalf of the complainants in relation to their respective claims; • deliberately misled the applicants in relation to the progress of their respective claims; • wrongly advised the first named complainant in respect of a loss of earnings claim when in fact the claim was one for material damages only; • misled the complainants and told untruths in respect of actuarial reports, fixing dates for court hearings, settlement talks with General Accident Insurance Company;

On 6 December 1993, the Acting President of the High Court ordered that Robert Lee, Solicitor, pay to the Law Society a fine of £3,000 and directed Robert Lee to take all appropr- iate steps to have the complainants in the disciplinary proceedings registered as owners of property in Co. Limerick. The costs of both the Disciplinary Committee and the Petition were awarded to the Society, to be taxed in default of agreement. The Court had before it the report of the Chairman of the Disciplinary Com- mittee of its hearing on 29 June 1993 in which the Committee made a finding that the solicitor was guilty of conduct tending to bring the profession into disrepute in that: • he failed to have his firm carry out the instructions of the complainants to complete the registration of the complainants' title; • he allowed his firm to mislead the complainants as to the reasons for the delay in registration of their title; • he failed to reply fully and frankly to the complainants' queries as to delay in completion of the registration of their title; • he allowed his firm to cause serious material loss and inconvenience to

IR£

Christopher Forde, 52 O'Connell Street, Ennis, Co. Clare.

2,267.50

Conor Killeen & Elio Malocco, Chatham House, Chatham Street, Dublin 2. James C Glynn, Dublin Road, Tuam, Co. Galway.

11,163.53

80,082.66

Peter M. Fortune,

11,768.88

38 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2.

Jonathan PT Brooks, 17/18 Nassau Street, Dublin 2.

7,000.00

the complainants by failing to complete their instructions;

• he failed to reply to the Society's correspondence and to furnish information requested by the Society;

112,282.57

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