THE LAW Society will today apply to the High Court for a number of orders against a solicitor whom it is alleged has a €900,000 deficit in his firm’s client account.
The society obtained permission from Mr Justice Peter Charleton to bring the proceedings at yesterday’s vacation sitting of the High Court.
The judge made the matter returnable to this morning.
The identity of the solicitor at the centre of the allegations was not revealed in court.
Paul Anthony McDermott, for the Law Society, will be seeking various orders against the solicitor, who operates a number of practices, including orders freezing the solicitor’s bank accounts.
Counsel said in mid-August his client discovered €600,000 was missing from the solicitor’s client account.
It was subsequently discovered that another €300,000 was missing.
He said that the beneficiaries of that money were “as of yet unknown”.
The solicitor, counsel added, was on notice of the society’s intended proceedings.
Counsel added that it was still open for the solicitor to apply to have the matter heard in private.
The Law Society did not want at this stage to reveal the identity of the solicitor in open court.
The issue concerning the identification of the solicitor is expected to be dealt with when the matter is back before the court.