‘There shouldn’t be solicitor suicides because of Law Society investigations,’ says struck-off lawyer in legal battle

Colm Murphy believes six lawyers have taken their lives because of Law Society measures. Photo: Gerry Mooney

Mark Tighe

A struck-off solicitor who has fought a 20-year legal battle against the Law Society has received a boost.

A former society president gave him access to documents from another case in which it agreed to pay €200,000 to settle a claim of bias against its regulation department.