‘Not a Lynn and Byrne Situation’
Posted by Maman Poulet on 03 Apr 2008 at 04:28 pm | Tagged as: Michael Lynn, dodgy solicitors
A new non technical or legal term to refer to a dodgy member of the legal profession.
It seems we have a new Buachall Dána (bold boy) whom the Law Society are trying to deal with. Paul Anthony McDermott appearing for the Law Society in a case before the High Court today said that the solicitor who cannot yet be named owned significant amounts of money – a ‘hole’ of more than €1million in his client account’ which he was refusing to plug to date – don’t think he’ll find a plug that size in Woodies.
It’s not ‘a Lynn and Byrne situation’ because it’s not tens of millions of Euro such as the amounts owed by Michael Lynn (waves – any new music for me?) and Thomas Byrne. I’m sure you are all relieved. However you won’t hear the name of the solicitor yet because it might stop him from his attempts in getting the money to plug the hole. Does this mean if the hole is plugged that we won’t know who this person is and that he will continue to practice?? Ah lovely way to retain confidence in the profession. Judge Johnson gave the solicitor until tomorrow to show him the money.
And just to clarify…
A ‘Meadows & Byrne’ situation is where they don’t have something you want in stock….
A ‘Suzy Byrne’ situation… is where someone mistakes that a woman in a Mothership is collecting for People in Need…
I ‘Gay Byrne’ situation… is where you’re watching Pat Kenny on the LLS and wishing Gaybo never left…
Oh stop me, it’s ‘Friday I’m on fire day’ …
Most solicitors I encountered are pompous, arrogant and in my opinion untrustworthy.
It is time that we have a real law reform in this country (and not just a government department carrying the word). As long as we keep copying the British legal system down to the smallest detail, there will never be fairness, justice or transparency in Ireland.
There are better and more effective legal systems in the world (especially in Europe) and it would not be a great effort to adopt a European legal structure. All it needs is the will, and a government to see it through.
The cozy way in which the legal profession still regulates itself is another remnant of British rule that needs to be changed. But my observation is that most Irish people don’t care for anything and could not be bothered to stand up for any political matter. In this regard we have lapsed back into a pre-1916 mentality. As long as people can get drunk every weekend, they don’t give a hoot for anything. The heroes of the GPO must be spinning in their graves all the time…