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THE LAW Society has brought an appeal against the High Court's refusal to strike off two senior solicitors in a well-known Dublin law firm who admitted they operated secret accounts. They included an Ulster Bank deposit account in which lodgements of at least ¬32 million were made over three years in a bid to evade tax.

Mr Justice Liam McKechnie last February rejected the society's application to strike off Colm Carroll and Henry Colley, partners and principals in the firm of Roger Greene & Sons, Bridge Street, Dublin. Instead, he suspended both for one year and restricted their practice for three years after that.