Law Society takes legal action against third solicitor

LEGAL action has been taken against a third solicitor the High Court was told yesterday.

Two solicitors are already before the court involving about €100m owed to financial institutions and yesterday the Law Society initiated proceedings against a third who has given an undertaking not to practise and has surrendered his chequebooks to another solicitor acting for him.

The proceedings were briefly before the court yesterday but the solicitor was not named.