Solicitor suspended after failing to co-operate with Law Society investigation

Sean Brown, of Sean Brown Solicitors in Co Louth, was directed by the court to hand over files and documents and failed to do so.

Mr Justice Peter Kelly, president of the High Court, ordered that the Law Society of Ireland may therefore access his offices to access the relevant files and documents for its investigation.

Solicitor David Irwin, acting for the Law Society, told the court that Mr Brown had failed to engage with the Society or his own solicitor.

A detailed affidavit presented to the court outlined the failed efforts to meet Mr Brown and his non-compliance with the court’s orders.

Numerous meetings with an accountant were cancelled, only one file was handed over, and Mr Brown failed to reimburse two clients and four beneficiaries of an estate as directed by the court. According to court documents, the estate was awaiting money totalling €190,000.