Court orders Cork solicitor John Moylan to pay compensation to family of dead man

The court heard it was very upsetting and distressing for the deceased man’s family when the funeral directors said they still had not been paid out of the father’s estate two years after the funeral

John Moylan was ordered by a judge to hand over the file relating to the man’s late father and his estate to another solicitor. File photo: Gareth Chaney/ Collins Photos

A man who asked a Cork solicitor to administer his dead father’s estate found out two years later that the funeral expenses had not been paid, the High Court has heard.

Counsel for the Legal Services Regulatory Authority, James Daly BL, told the court it was very upsetting and distressing for the deceased man’s family when the funeral directors told him they still had not been paid out of the father’s estate and asked for payment directly.