Solicitor guilty of overcharging child abuse victim

THE first solicitor to be found guilty of overcharging child abuse victims for cases brought before the Residential Institutions Redress Board (RIRB) has been censured and fined a total of €5,000.

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has found Kilkenny solicitor, Michael Buggy guilty of misconduct for overcharging a client in relation to a compensation award paid out by the RIRB.

Mr Buggy, who operates a practice at Parliament Street in Kilkenny city was censured and ordered to pay €5,000 to a compensation fund as well as the costs of the hearing.