TUAM NATIVE SOLICITOR FINED AT HIGH COURT

Date Published: 10-Nov-2008

Tuam native solicitor Sean Acton has been fined 100 thousand euro and the High Court has ordered that his work be overseen by another solicitor for two years. The same fine and order was also imposed on Michael McDarby of Ballinrobe County Mayo.The two Mayo based solicitors were in the High Court following a previous ruling at the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal that they should be fined for professional misconduct.The ruling followed a case in which both solicitors were employed by opposing parties in a traffic accident, despite working in the same practise in Ballinrobe Michael McDarby and Co.