Solicitors’ body upheld less than 50 of 1,039 complaints

MORE THAN 1,000 complaints involving over 10% of the country’s solicitors were lodged in a year, it has emerged from the annual report of the profession’s independent adjudicator.

Less than 50 were upheld by the profession’s governing body, while one solicitor was found guilty of misconduct by a disciplinary tribunal, according to the report.

The adjudicator, Eamonn Condon, said there had been a decrease of over 7% in the number of complaints, despite an increase in the number of solicitors.