Solicitor dispute to cost Law Society €750,000

Bill relates to a drawn out battle with struck off Kenmare solicitor Colm Murphy

The Law Society is out of pocket to the tune of €750,000

The Law Society is to be hit with a legal bill of around €750,000 in its drawn out battle with struck off Kenmare solicitor Colm Murphy.

Murphy has been engaged in complex litigation with the society since 2004, five years before he was prohibited from practising by order of the High Court.

Central to the row is the Law Society’s claim that Murphy breached an undertaking allegedly given before the president of the ...