Sign up to The Irish Times Archive (1859 - 2008)My Account »

Wed 05 May 2004Complaints against solicitors highlightedThe number of solicitors about whom there were multiple complaints last year is "unacceptable", according to the ombudsman of the Law Society.Speaking at the publication of his annual report in Dublin yesterday, Mr Éamon Condon said 327 complaints (30 per cent) related to about 80 solicitors. They account for just 1.24 per cent of all solicitors in the State.