Law Society secures further orders against solicitor

THE Law Society has secured further orders against a Co Cork solicitor who is alleged to have withdrawn large sums of money from his firm’s client account for his own benefit.

Earlier this month, the court made an order freezing the assets of and suspended the practising certificate of Alexander Gibbons, who practises as Gibbons & Co Solicitor, Riverside, Kent Street, Clonakilty, Co Cork. The court heard there was a €430,000 deficit in his client account.

The society said it was seeking those orders after forming the view that Mr Gibbons, principal of the firm and working as a solicitor since 1989, had been “guilty of dishonesty”.