Solicitor ordered to pay out €975k from estate

THE High Court has ordered a solicitor to pay out the bulk of €975,000 from the estate of a former client who died in 2002 following complaints from beneficiaries about delays in receiving the money.

High Court president Mr Justice Richard Johnson said the money should be paid out this week regardless of pending legal proceedings involving the solicitor and the Law Society.

Solicitor John F Condon of McMahon and Tweedy, Ormond Quay, Dublin, was alleged not to have sufficiently administered the estate of the deceased client, counsel for the Law Society, Shane Murphy SC, told the court yesterday.