Hearing to strike off solicitor 'lacked the essential features of fair procedures', Supreme Court finds

A solicitor who was struck off the roll of solicitors eight years ago over findings of professional misconduct was not given a fair hearing of the strike off application, the Supreme Court has ruled.

The July 2010 hearing of the application relating to Daniel J. Coleman before the then president of the High Court, Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns "lacked the essential features of fair procedures", the three-judge Supreme Court said.