Declan O'Callaghan, of Ballaghaderreen, Co Roscommon, at the Four Courts on Friday. Photograph:Collins Courts
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 Mr Justice Micheál O’Higgins said he was “deeply unimpressed” at Mr O’Callaghan’s conduct, he said he was not minded to conclude that the solicitor was “guilty of dishonesty”.
Mr O’Callaghan had appealed the findings of the Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal that arose from his involvement in the transfer of lands over which the vendor claimed to
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