High Court upholds solicitor's misconduct finding over Mayo land transfer
A High Court judge has upheld a disciplinary tribunal finding of professional misconduct against suspended Roscommon solicitor Declan O'Callaghan concerning his handling of a 2006 Mayo land transfer. Mr Justice Micheál O'Higgins upheld the tribunal's conclusion that Mr O'Callaghan acted for both vendor and purchaser in breach of conflict-of-interest rules, stating that any solicitor acting for both parties "does so…
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by Paul Neilan A High Court judge has upheld a disciplinary tribunal finding against suspended Roscommon solicitor Declan O’Callaghan regarding professional misconduct over his handling of a 2006 land transfer in Mayo. However, while the court was "deeply unimpressed" at Mr O'Callaghan's conduct, he