Law Society obtains €900k from rogue solicitors frozen funds

The Law Society has secured a High Court order allowing it to have more than €900,000 transferred from client accounts operated by fugitive solicitor Michael Lynn to the society's compensation fund.

Today the President of the High Court Mr Justice Richard Johnson granted the Law Society the transfer from the accounts, which had been subject to a freezing order in 2007 when details first emerged of what turned out to be an €80m liability by Mr Lynn to various financial institutions and others.