Appeals tribunal blames accountant

THE Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI) has announced the outcome of an appeal tribunal held on September 28.

The tribunal found that John Handibode, a member of the institute carrying on practice in Lucan, Co Dublin, failed to deal adequately with the affairs of a company on various grounds.

The tribunal said he failed to compile and deliver a company’s annual returns to the Companies Registration Office for 1998 and 1999, which resulted in the company being struck off the register of companies in June 2000.