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Struck off the Roll of Solicitors by President of the High Court

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  • 27-10-2020 6:24pm
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    TimHorton
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    What does that actually mean?

    Is this always for negative reasons?

    Is this the end of their legal career?


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    Victor
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    It's not a positive.

    Some cases will be for malicious behaviour, others for substandard behaviour, e.g. someone is ill and aren't doing their work expeditiously.

    There is a procedure that can be used where the solicitor has to been supervised by another solicitor for a period of years. I'm not sure if that can be used when they have already been struck o.


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    TimHorton
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    One Particular example I know of was a guy Struck off and then almost 30 years later the same lad appears in the Gazette after being found guilty of misconduct. Not a good look ...


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    ohnonotgmail
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    a court report on a recent strikeoff that may be interesting. https://www.irishlegal.com/article/high-court-solicitor-struck-off-for-dishonesty
    what is particularly interesting to me is that they were initially struck off in 2010 but did not appeal until 2019. Unfortunately no explanation is given for the delay.


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