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Name Damien Tansey
Address Law Chambers, Wine St, Sligo
County Sligo
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Date Rating Name Comments
29th of Dec, 2007 Martin The Law Society has failed to rein in this crook and the European Court is the only hope for people in the Northwest to be protected from him.
9th of Jul, 2007 Admin Due to legal action, comments about this solicitor have been removed. If any of the writers have proof of their allegations against Mr Tansey, please send scans of documents to email@rate-your-solicitor.com and your comment will be restored.
7th of Jan, 2008 VLPS Derry Having read the VLPS report on their visit to London. Was Mr. Damien Tansey, the Solicitor that replied to a client, that 'A Rubber Factory in Donegal' did not have 'Liability Insurance'? Very hard to believe that a 'Rubber Factory' that would probably have received 'Grants' from both Irish Government and perhaps European Government was allowed to operate without 'Liability Insurance'. A local person from the Sligo area told myself and others attending the VLPS meeting in Sligo some time ago that Mr. Damien Tansey had asked a client to sign a document during a divorce settlement. On the completion of the 'divorce settlement' this particular client asked for his bill, only to be informed by Mr. Tansey. "Why would I send you a Bill, didn't you sign over 15 acres of your land at Strandhill, Co Sligo to me?" Now on reading John Doherty 29th December 2007, is it Easy Come, Easy Go?
11th of Sep, 2007 William This man took five years to discover the company we were suing had no liability insurance. He lied and he wasted another three years holding on to my legal papers. He took my case no win no fee and now he wants an extortionate fee. He is a law unto himself and even ignores the Law Society. This man has a lot to answer, he is a definite rogue and I aim to take him to the European Court eventually as no one can make him do justice. He is a poor advert for justice.
30th of Sep, 2007 The devil told young Damien in the movie "The Omen" to become a solicitor and terrorise the people of Sligo and the Northwest, and Damien sure has carried out his orders. Even the Law Society is afraid of him.
10th of Dec, 2007 A genius This man is a genius - and not very expensive either.
29th of Dec, 2007 John Doherty This man had a large divorce settlement and now uses the poor and downtrodden to fund his payments and lavish lifestyle - a disgrace to humanity, not just the profession.
31st of Mar, 2008 Watchdog Damien Tansey Solicitor had to pay E177,650 to the Revenue for underdeclaration of Income Tax & VAT in an offshore assets investigation case.
11th of Feb, 2008 William Archibald The small line saying Damien Tansey is a genius and not expensive did not have a name so I assume it was Damien Tansey himself.
28th of Feb, 2008 Henry There is only one man on earth who can possibly believe this crook is a genius - Mr. Archibald has struck the nail on the head. People spend years in jail for less than what he has been doing, but he works the flawed legal system we possess.
27th of Feb, 2008 Martin This man takes a percentage of your award plus costs from the other side.
8th of Mar, 2008 John Gill This firm of solicitors are defenders of Corruption and Legal Thuggery. I drove all the way from Bunratty to Sligo to be told that the scumbags of Clare, John Casey & Co Solicitors were God's gift to mankind and could do no wrong. No I was told, Deirdre Casey would not alter or distort agreed signed contracts. It was not in their interest I was told, and he wasted hours trying to convince me that gangsters were saints and sent me on my way, and within a few days discovered that the fraud was too great to handle and returned my files, and as we now know birds of a feather do flock together. William Archibald, your letters and evidence has reached headquarters, you are up against the third most corrupt legal system in Europe. It will take the intervention of our corrupt Government to to deal with our corrupt Legal and Judicial System.
8th of Apr, 2008 Mary Midlands Having trusted this man to handle a simple unfair dismissal case, I am convinced without a doubt that there is no honesty in this man's practice. I was coerced into signing a confidentiality agreement. None of my rights were preserved and I was lied to and bullied. Avoid at all costs.
11th of Apr, 2008 Eric The man is a tax defaulter and has lost all professional credibility. Avoid him.
25th of Jul, 2008 Shamus I wish the entrant good luck in his/her ambition to see that this man is struck off. It would be a service to his long suffering clients - nil aon aire air.
26th of Jul, 2008 John Gill William Archibald, a television investigator is interested in cases such as yours. Give me a call at (061) 360436 and I will let you know what kind of information he requires. This may take some time as the suspicion is of massive Insurance Fraud.
1st of Aug, 2008 John White Avoid him at all cost. Took years for my case to come to court and then it was a total disaster. Had to wait eight years, very incompetent firm.
13th of Aug, 2008 James Derwin I found Damien Tansey to be a very good solicitor in any dealings with him and I had quite a lot. Keep up the good work.
21st of Oct, 2008 David M He would have been a successful gombeen man in a previous lifetime. He is corrupt. Avoid at all costs.
3rd of Nov, 2008 Cynthia Ryan I have been dealing with Damien Tansey and another of his solicitors for the last 3 years. I have no problem with them whatsoever. If I have a problem regarding my case they are always at the other end of the phone with good advice. You have a great team of experienced solicitors working with you and for you keep up the good work. I couldn't fault ye in any way.
11th of Nov, 2008 Marie This man is an absolute scumbag, he claimed to haved acted in my husband's best interest in a personal injury case which had being going on for over 6 years. This case had not been given to Tansey but to a different solicitor in his practice who my husband was quite happy with, but this solicitor left the practice and the first we heard of it was when Damien Tansey took over the case. However, on the day the case was in court he bullied my husband into signing a declaration stating that he (my husband) would drop the case if the other party covered their own costs because he felt that if it went before the court the next day my husband would probably lose the case and we would lose our house by paying their costs. However the next day we saw Damien Tansey on TV as he was in court in Dublin representing some high profile person, so obviously the other case was more important than my husband's. We are still waiting to receive a copy of what my husband actually signed as we were both in too much shock that day to read it. My husband was then informed the next morning by one of his witnesses that she had received a phone call from Damien Tansey's office saying that the case had been adjourned until next May!! This we never heard a word about, we were too busy being bullied into signing this decalration, of which we do not know what else was included. He should not be allowed to practice and an investigation into every case he has represented should be called for.
19th of Nov, 2008 PJ The Law Society has a waist-high list of complaints against this man, yet appear to do very little. Tansey is undoubtably a crook, but the Law Society is just as rotten.
13th of Nov, 2008 North Client, 24 May 2008. Did you see the Independent, Tuesday 11th Nov 2008? What happened to the two solicitors, Messrs Acton & McDarby, Ballinrobe, Co Mayo, can you not do the same with this guy, about time action was taken to stamp out this abuse.
4th of Dec, 2008 Mark Callaghan Being from Sligo and a first year law student in Trinity, I see how rich and loaded Mr Tansey is. I now think of him as a hero of mine and someone I'd like to aspire to in years to come when I finally practice law.
23rd of Nov, 2008 Donegal VLPS A Tale of Two Realities: Law Society President James McGuill's blinkered view versus RTE report. -- Law Society Ireland, Postings to RYS website: "While the profession is frequently and, by and large, unfairly criticised – it appears for our very existence – almost no credit is given to us for the role we play in helping our clients and our community at difficult times. We understand that our duties of confidentiality prevent us from claiming credit that is rightfully ours." -- Solicitor dishonesty 'has got to be stopped', Monday, 10 November 2008. Story from RTÉ News. The VLPS knows which reality is true!
9th of Dec, 2008 No justice Joe I remember him on the front page of the Irish Independent newspaper a few years back. Mr Tansey represented clients of the Redress Board. He was caught with his hands in the pockets of these poor unfortunate souls. And he is still practicing law? If this were to happen in the USA or UK he would be in jail.
25th of Dec, 2008 Joe Coyne I write this on Christmas Day so I am being charitable. My charitable verdict - a crook and a Judas. May he soon get his just reward.
9th of Jan, 2009 Stephen Burke How can ye belittle a man who works so hard to vindicate the rights of others? Mr. Tansey is a credit to his profession.
3rd of Feb, 2009 It's not the courts this so called solicitor needs, he's a discredit to the country.
20th of Jan, 2009 Mary A surgeon seriously maimed me some years back. I spent 4 months in hospital and one year off work. But this surgeon just said it was tough luck. Damien Tansey took my case and after many scary moments over many years (e.g. my hospital notes had 'disappeared') he got me a settlement. Because of my medical injury, I couldn't get mortgage protection. Without the settlement that Mr Tansey and his team secured, my life would be very different now. I don't know about the rest of you, but I found him to be forthright, honest and totally on my side. The injury changed my life in an adverse way, and I live with the consequences of it every day, but at least Tansey eased the resulting financial burden.
29th of Jan, 2009 Anon I overheard a conversation that someone is taking two cases against Tansey for pocketing fees. Sligo District Court, Tuesday 3rd March 2009. About time someone took a stand agaist this crook.
11th of Feb, 2009 Mary I have known Mr. Tansey to be the only solicitor in Ireland who can take on the Health Boards/HSE and win. I have been told by a doctor in the HSE that I would be "very brave" to take on the HSE. I'm thinking of asking Mr. Tansey about this case, now after reading all this I'm not sure what to do. Does anyone know what to do about the HSE?
26th of Feb, 2009 Edel No point whinging. Complain to the Law Society. They've known about this crook for years.
2nd of Mar, 2009 Anon Edel, if the Law Society knows about this crook, why is he not closed down? DO WE HAVE ANY LAW IN THIS COUNTRY?
7th of Mar, 2009 Stephen To Mary who is thinking of employing Tansey to take on the HSE: DON'T. He is absolutely corrupt, arrogant, and a liar. He will rip you off for fees. He will try and settle your case without your instruction, and pocket any fees.
13th of Mar, 2009 BT Sat on my case for years, then told me he could do nothing, THEN sent me a bill. This arrogant incompetent idiot should be struck off.
17th of Mar, 2009 Edith Curley Very poor lawyer.
10th of Apr, 2009 Sean Tansey is the type of solicitor who gives solicitors a bad name.
4th of May, 2009 E Was a witness in a case for one of his clients. No help to his clients. A waffler and conman. Bully and overcharges. Keep clear at all costs.
13th of May, 2009 Stoffel Vogelaar The bad opinion about Tansey on this site appears to be well-founded. I never knew the man and would have been happy to keep it that way, when out of the blue he sent me a letter that I must consider tantamount to demanding money with menaces. Somehow he seems to have got the ridiculous notion that I am responsible for the management of this site!! Of course he did not bother about providing any evidence. It would not have been an easy task to provide something that does not exist. I emailed this site to find out what exactly T. had told them about any comments he objected to. To my great amazement and annoyance it turned out that he had never even taken the trouble to contact the site! This is a blunder, because it takes away much of the legal basis for any complaints he might have. The law insists that you yourself must do whatever you reasonably can to limit any damage done to you (or your reputation), while T. left all comments on the site for a year or more and never even notified the site about any objections! This sort of legal "expertise" his clients could well do without. His next attempt to extort any money from me without any legal basis will go straight to the Gardai. I will also lodge a complaint with the Law Society. T. seems to think that the rule of law does not apply to him.
6th of Dec, 2009 Tim I have had many dealings with Damien Tansey over the past number of years. Like most business people, I have encountered difficulties over the years. His advice and wealth of experience in relation to legal matters were instrumental in overcoming these difficulties.
14th of Jun, 2009 T I employed Tansey some years back. This man is a conman and a waffler. DON'T employ this so called solicitor.
10th of Jul, 2009 Gemma Mr Tansey is undeniably one of Ireland's more prominent lawyers. This man stood up for people's rights when others wouldn't. Mr Tansey had the backbone to stand up to State authorities and fight for people when others were reluctant to do so. Mr Tansey is both courageous and tough. He fears nothing. He fought his way to the top on his own. Mr Tansey has dealt with many issues on my behalf and I cannot agree with one negative comment posted on this page. Mr Tansey is upfront and straight to the point which leads me to believe that a majority of those leaving negative comments may indeed be finding difficulty facing the fact that a case can go either way. Acceptance can be tough issue for some people! At the end of the day Mr Tansey is a solicitor and more than entitled to his fees in a case; win or lose! I can assure anyone that Mr Tansey gives every case and every issue set his way 100%. I know because I've had my dealings with Mr Tansey personally. Build a bridge and get over it is what I say to a lot of people!
4th of Nov, 2009 SOH Evil. The Law Society are his friends, and his underling Roger is a pr*ck.
4th of Dec, 2009 Karen An arrogant sh*t who made a mess of my personal injury case, then had the nerve to send me an invoice. A real gombeen.
4th of Oct, 2009 Michael Munelly Tansey screws everyone. He's not just greedy, but a sociopath with psychotic tendencies.
11th of Nov, 2009 David Damien recently assisted me in settling a medical negligence action. I was very satisfied with the outcome. Damien was the essence of professionalism and supported me throughout in what was a very difficult time for me. I would strongly recommend him to anyone looking for a solicitor, particularly in medical negligence. His attention to detail is astounding.
27th of Oct, 2009 Keith A rogue. Says one thing and does another. Trying to extort money from me. Should be struck off and prosecuted for fraud.
15th of Nov, 2009 Seamus A liar and corrupt.
27th of Nov, 2009 Aisling Damien Tansey was recommended to me by a colleague. I found him to be very professional, courteous, knowledgeable and approachable. I needed help in relation to a commercial problem. He made what could have been a very difficult and worrying matter for me so much easier and straightforward. Mr Tansey was to the point and proactive for the duration of my case. I would highly recommend him as a solicitor.
12th of Jan, 2010 Eric Tansey screws everyone, even his own staff.
12th of Jan, 2010 Fear dorcha A prick from college. Has all the traits of a "really good gangster".
4th of Feb, 2010 Kevin A bully and a gangster. 'Al Capone' as he is known around Sligo. My wife had cancer throughout our case and even though he was supposed to be representing us, he still used bully boy tactics to get his way. And then took a large chunk of cash from our claim. I was informed afterwards by the other side that Tansey's costs were 88,000 punts at the time but that was not enough for him and he still managed to con us out of another 13,000 from the claim. A scumbag is too good a term for this crook, AVOID
10th of Mar, 2010 HSE client Tansey's firm took on a case we had with the HSE. He submitted papers to the High Court, and then "encouraged" us to settle a claim we had with the HSE by insisting we sign a document that if we took the case all the way to the courts we would pay Tansey's firm E500 per hour for work done if we lost! As you can imagine it frightened us and we felt we had to settle, so Tansey's firm got paid! Be warned, this is genuine, stay away at all costs.
9th of Feb, 2010 Edith curley In reply to Gemma' s post regarding Damien Tansey, personally I am delighted for you that Mr. Tansey acted in your best interests with a favourable outcome. just as I am delighted for everyone else that he has acted for in an professional manner, irrespective of the outcome, providing that he gave his client 100%. However, Gemma for you to state in writing on this site that you can assure anyone that Mr.Tansey gives every case and every issue set his way 100%, How dare you, as by your statement you are insinuating that anyone with any complaint against him are liars. I can assure you that not only did Mr.Tansey not give my case 100% he has deliberately tried to "sink" my case, using numerous dirty devious,criminal tactics to do so.The man is an arrogant blatant liar. I wasted over two years going through the "proper" channels by bring my complaint to the Law Society, another joke! I would persue it to the highest level with the Law Society, especially as I now have in my possession the CONCURRENT SUMMONS served on 15/06/2005 to the defendants solicitor, and also an earlier CONCURRENT SUMMONS (plenary Summons) which was issued on the 7th day of September 2004 by the HONOURABLE JOHN L MURRAY, CHIEF JUSTICE OF IRELAND. which further supports my case, and proves that Mr Tansey deliberatedly lied to them. If I thought I had the slightest chance of a fair and just hearing from them, I would persue this to the highest level. However, I am not prepared to waste any more time or energy complaining to a Society who closes ranks and protects their members irrespective of the evidence provided, Then gives a two line paragraph statement at the end of it, stating complaint not upheld. Then when requested for a copy of the minutes of the Complaints Committee meeting, through Data Protection furnishes me with minutes which are "another joke", and a disgrace. Considering the professional body that they are I have seen more professional minutes produced by young mothers who orgaise and run neighbourhood playgroups. I might add that Mr. Tansey refused to act for me unless I dropped my case against him with the Law Society, and that the Law Society did order him to waiver any further fees, and hand my file over. Mr. Tansey refused to waiver my fees, the Law Society did not enforce their order on him or make any comment on the fact that he refused. Mr. Tansey has been requested by myself and another solicitor to prepare my file, and his cost, and hand over my file. Mr.Tansey so far has refused to comply to any of these requests.Wasting another year, and further deliberately hindering my case getting into court. Gemma, you also mention that you say to a lot of people to build a bridge and get over it. By your comment I take it you mean for people to forget the injustice that is done to them and get on with their lives? How flippant, sanctamonious, and ignorant are you ? I can assure you it was not a bridge I had to build to get out of the dangerous life threatening situation I was in,I had to flee Ireland for my life, after a year of stalking, terror, assault, held against my will, tyres slashed, threats of rape, arson attacks (5) the last one almost costing my life, to name but a few of the things I was subjected to, as the list is far to long to document here. Owing to the seriousness of the final arson attack, the story was front page news in the Sligo Weekender, the first week of January 2005, and also broadcast on Ocean FM, and Northwest Radio. I was contacted by the national Sunday paper, The Star on Sunday, who did a full page spread in their edition 9/1/05. I recieved no garda protection, or even response to some emergency calls, they refused to take statements ect. they refused to protect my family or myself, by stating it was a civil matter. despite being subjected the most serious of criminal behavour, and supplying them with CCTV footage, and audio proof of the crimes being committed against my family my self and my property.This apart, the garda station was across the road from the house.They and the rest of the community could not help but see the damage that was being done to the property. They refused to entertain me unless I had a court injunction against the other party involved as it was related to the civil case Mr.Tansey was representing me on. So much for entitlement to protection of basic Human Rights, which incidently the Garda Station that I was making my complaints to had up on their wall as their charter for the people they were appointed, and sworn to protect, and recieve wages for. The costs for the injunction, which Mr. Tansey was supposed to being making an emergency application for on my behalf was quoted as being in the region of 15,000 euros. As well as my compaints regarding Damien Tansey I have a 61 page statement complaint, which was taken by Strathclyde police Complaints Devision. Who were appointed by The Garda Complaints Commission with whom I lodged a complaint with, on my return to Scotland.I wont get side tracked with that at this moment in time. I will just say that it was another example of NO JUSTICE IN IRELAND, supposedly it was investigated fully and they decided there was no complaint to answer. Yet none of my witnesses were ever approached or questioned in relation to my complaint. It took them 2 years and me chasing the matter up, for them to give me there decision. I returned to Scotland, to a homeless situation,my financial losses relating to my case are in the region of 200,000 euros, I also lost my family life, children and grandchildren who my life revolved around. I also lost my health as a direct result of the situation, as I was diagnosed with Cancer 7 weeks after my return to Scotland, which I fully attribute the stress I was subjected to as being the cause. I also had to have intensive counselling for the complex post traumatic stress,resulting from what I was subjected to. All of which Mr.Tansey was not only fully aware of, but also deliberately sitting on the paperwork for the emergency injunction he was supposedly applying to the court for on my behalf, paperwork which he wanted me to sign for the day before I left Ireland, when I attended his office for a cheque, the amount of which he decided (50%) of funds he was holding unbeknown to me for part of a deposit which was supposed to have been given to the other party 2 years before. Mr.Tansey denied the monies were for a deposit, but did not give any explanation as to why I would have given him it, when I challenged this via the law Society. He also denied that he said they was applying for an emergency injunction on my behalf, and showed correspondence to the society of a much earlier date where it was rejected due to the high cost(April 04). Yet, the Law society did not take him to task on it when I counter argued and showed prove that the other party had been informed that an emergency injunction would be sought within 24 hours if the other party did not stop immediately what I was being subjected to.in August 04. I fled Ireland in Jan 05.and the situation intensified (sept,oct. nov. dec.) In the Concurrent Summons served on the defendants dated 7th day of September, 2004 as against the first named defendant only 6 items were to be sought in item (2) An injunction requiring the first named defendant to vacate possession of the lands. In item (4) an injunction restraining the first named defendant from harrassing or intimidating the plaintiff. (5) Interim and interlocutory relief (6) such further and other relief as may seem appropriate to this Honourable Court. I would never have remained in such a dangerous situation, or exposed my family to it, had I not been led to belief that an emergency injunction was being sought on my behalf, by Damien Tansey. I was assured that it could be issued within 24 hours, I was phoning his office at leat twice a day, and being avoided, told to phone later, solicitor gone home sick,ect. ect. I was given the proverbial run around, and still being promised that an emergency injunction would be sought. Owing to now having a copy of the High Court Papers that were served on the other party's solicitor I now have further prove that Mr.Tansey and one of his understudies William Cahir lied by producing a memo to file document signed and dated by William Cahir supposedly on the 5th of June 2003. In which he claims that the estate agent acting on behalf of the vendor did initially request a deposit of 8500 euros. And that because I had stated that it was exsessive for for a deposit on a house sale of 85,0000 euros (in which he states that he also agreed that it was) that he phoned the estate agent on my behalf. He claims that the estate agent said that the vendor of the property owed him money, and therefore would not lower it to 3500 euros as he suggested, but agreed on 5000 euros. which I paid directly to the estate agent.I argued that the agreement was 8500 euros, but that he agreed to accept 5000 euros that day and wanted the remaining 3500 euros when the contracts were exchanged. The contracts were signed on the 5th of June 2003 in William Cahir's office, and I signed the cheque in front of him, and gave it to him, for the remainder of the deposit. The circumstantial evidence alone should have supported my claim. I did put it to the Law Society that I would have been very foolish to have asked my solicitor to negotiate with the estate agent to lower the deposit, and then give the same amount to him for no apparent reason. I also produced a letter that I had sent to the Law society at a much earlier date, and more than a year prior to being aware of the situation with the deposit, in relation to my situation in which i had claimed that I had paid 8500 euros deposit.I also produced my case ledger details which was sent to me by Damien Tansey & Associates along with a estimated bill of costs when I stated that I was not impressed that my case was not proceeding despite being assured 6 months previous when I travelled to Ireland for an appointment to speak to Damien Tansey, personally as head of practice, to discuss various issues that I was not happy about. Mr Tansey did not keep the appointment, and gave no explanation or apology. Then had the audacity to imply to the Law Society that I did not have a appointment with him. Yet, in the CONCURRENT SUMMONS- HIGH COURT RECORD NUMBER 2004 NO.18710P which was delivered to McDermott Creed and Martyn, solicitors representing the defendants, on the 15th day of June 2005 in Item 5 of the STATEMENT OF CLAIM it states,"the purchase price that the Plaintiff agreed to pay to the first named defendant was 85,000 euros. The said sum of 85,000 euros was the full value of the lands at the time of the said agreement. The Plaintiff duly paid the first named defendant a deposit of 8,500 euros in accordance with the terms of the agreement. Mr. Tansey counter argued to the Law Society that it was I who was deliberately holding up the court proceedings, by refusing to give him the receipts (Which amounted to approx. 50,000 euros, and was over 70 documents of different sizes and colour) he even had the affront to instuct the Law Society, to speak sternly to me regarding the importance of these being forwarded to him immediately,to proceed and how I was wasting his valuable time by my non complience. I informed the Society that he had recieved all of the original reciepts, and they did ask why he was only requesting them now at such a late date. He assured them that he had made numerous requests which I had ignored, I respondedto them by calling him a liar. He then claimed that he had throughly searched his office, and had contacted solicitors who were no longer with the practice, and further assured them he did not have them. I suggested via the Law Society that he should invest in a more appropriate filing sytem method as his bin must be full by now, I also asked the Law Society to be my witness, and forward onto him the photo copies that I had taken of all the receipts, so he could proceed with the case, and would be unable to say he had not recieved them. (I had taken photo copies owing to my increasing lack of faith in the practice) One would think that he would then have proceeded with the case, instead Mr. Tansey failed to respond to correspondence from the Law society. He repeatedly ignored the dead lines they gave him to respond, until they threatened to hand the matter over to the complaints committee. He eventually responded by instucting them to inform me he would no longer act for me. They instructed him to waiver fees, and hand over my file to whoever I appointed to act for me. He replied refusing to waiver his fees, then stated he would act for me only if I dropped my complaint as I was wasting time and how I had a very strong case, that would have been settled by now. It was the Law Society who referred it to the committee because he was trying to unduly influence me to drop the case. In the time leading up to the hearing which Mr. Tansey cancelled a few time because he had other committments, the Law society asked me if I would be willing to allow him to act for me without their intervention which I declined pointing out that were his governing body, and he had blatently disregarded their instructions, deadlines, ect. without them I would have no protection against him. Yet without any rationale as to how they arrived at their decision they claimed there was no misconduct or case to answer. I contacted Mr. Tansey personally and requested that he prepare my file in readyness to be handed over. I also asked him to prepare my bill of costs for the work that he had done. I recieved a very curt reply from Mr. Tansey stating that he would only deal with an appointed solicitor. I was granted cross border Legal Aid, and appointed a legal aid solicitor in Sligo. She has sent two requests to Mr. Tansey for my file.To date he has not complied. Owing to now having copies of the High Court Proceedings served on the Defendants,I am now in possession of further support of my arguement that he did recieve the originals receipts as they are detailed to the exact amount of the receipts, I have only covered a small portion of what I have been subjected to by Mr. Tansey. So Gemma where do you get off by stating that you can assure anyone that Tansey gives every case and every issue set his way 100% . Yes, the site is RATE YOUR SOLICITOR, and you are fully entitled to praise him for doing a good job for you, but dont dare further victimise his victims by condemming them. At best, you are small minded, with a biased attitude, with totally uninformed uneducated opinions, regarding his treatment of others. I notice that you only put your first name, your second wouldnt happen to be Tansey would it? or are you by any chance on his payroll. I for one do not have a problem putting my full name to any issue I feel strongly enough about. In fact I will also supply my full details.Edith Curley, 32 Hillfoot, Renton, Alexandria, Dumbartonshire, Scotland. Telephone Number 00441389 601012. Nor do I have a problem supplying anyone with documented prove of anything that I have claimed. Finally I must also disagree with Feardorcha's comment that Tansey has all the traits of a really good ganster. I would not even insult a really bad ganster by making such a claim. In fact I would state that even a very bad ganster has scraped a thousand times better than Tansey off the sole of his shoe. Currently I am in the process of having a video produced about my experience in Ireland and at the hands of Mr. Tansey as I have accepted that my case will never reach court. As there is no justice in Ireland. when completed it will be on Youtube and also copies sent to various others. I will notify the site when completed for anyone that may be interested to view. Hope you watch it Gemma.
12th of Feb, 2010 Harry It shows you what this country is about when they appoint this gangster to NAMA - a tax defaulter... anybody that goes to this guy, the case is dodgy as he has a reputation as an ambulance chaser!
23rd of Feb, 2010 Kevin Please don't tell me Tansey has anything to do with NAMA?? Was that a joke Harry-above? I certainly hope it was. And to Gemma who posted here - AKA Damien himself - you are fooling no one. Your wife took 19 million from your ill gotten gains- front page news, so don't bother trying to sue me. Mr Tansey is exactly what the Celtic Tiger was all about, but he was the original - crooked, dodgy, untrustworthy, and most of all, GREEDY. He bullies his clients and has absolutely no morals whatsoever. He bullies his staff and at last I believe there is at least one who is brave enough to have come forward. He treated myself and my wife like dirt during a case we were unfortunate enough to have used him on and boy did we regret ever having darkened his door. People of Ireland and especially Sligo - for God's sake when are you all going to wake up and realise that there is a legalised criminal living and working in your midst? Most of you are like sheep who are scared to open your mouth in case this bully will sue you? Al Capone has no look in with this modern day crook so prove that the West's awake for once in your lives!!! COME FORWARD, DON'T BE SCARED!!! There are hundreds if not thousands who went through the same as you...
4th of Mar, 2010 me Look what solicitor ain't a crook? I know if I was in his shoes I would do the same, only to the rich and greedy, I wouldn't have the heart to rip off an innocent person. I have previously had dealings with Damien (P.I. claim) I feel as though I got wat I deserved and it was fair.
3rd of Apr, 2010 Tom McD CORRUPT, UNETHICAL, AND A CUTE HOOR IF EVER THERE WAS ONE. STAY CLEAR OF THE GOMBEEN.
12th of Mar, 2010 Joe A crook if ever there was one. Avoid him like the plague.
13th of Mar, 2010 Michael This man appointed a barrister in my High Court compensation claim following a car accident who obviously had a deal struck with the opposing insurance company. The judge was going to grant me more compensation til the barrister, who was meant to be representing me, decided to claim I had enough as I wasn't even wearing my seat belt... that's a fair point (although I was a minor) but you'd expect to hear that from the other side, not someone representing you. Tansey, the barrister and the insurance company were all in cahoots together. Nothing but a cheat, AVOID!
13th of Mar, 2010 Rodger To 4-3-2010 poster: It's not true to say that every solicitor is a crook and I want to point out that there are very few as bad as Tansey. He is a self righteous arrogant bully and has been since he first arrived in this unfortunate town. His God is Money and lots of it. Avoid!!!
1st of Apr, 2010 Michelle I have found Mr. Tansey and Company, extremely professional in all my dealings with them. They are always at the other end ofthe phone when i need advice legally. I am a low earner, and have always found them fair, honest, and professional, the fee's charged are reasonable for the work done. I need his tact,experience, and legal strength to fight like with like, so for me, he is just what i need in my corner. Thank you Damien.
2nd of May, 2010 Noam I have had dealings with this man lately, and he was more interested in defending the other "well heeled gangsters" who had seriously and criminally wronged me in an employment situation, then even threatened me to "keep this our little secret, if I know what's good for me". And my ex employers are a NUI member by the way. High society indeed. The union didn't shower themselves in "glory" either. All tried to conceal what is going on, while scoring point against each other I'd bet my house. I've got a feeling heads are going to roll when this one drops. God help us all when this is the norm. This lot are corrupt and in bed together, make no mistake about it. They are interdependent and totally complicit in treachery and betrayal, and their day is near I think. Intimidation was a factor here also, as was assault while at work in front of ten other staff members, my SIPTU rep and Tansey don't think there was anything wrong with this. What do you think?
15th of Apr, 2010 William Archibald I have received a second threatening letter from the above solicitor to remove my comments! If indeed everyone who has spoken out has printed lies and fabrications on this site, a prosecution is warranted for this crime of slander; on the other side if a serious crime has been dealt to the people who have spoken their minds on the aforenamed solicitor, and the establishments involved, which is a very strong possibility. Especially they who are in a position to uphold the law and have seriously failed the people concerned on this site a prosecution is surely warranted on them. Crime has been committed and and a conclusion needed, and justice for whoever deserves it.
17th of Apr, 2010 Mary So far so good! I cant fault him or his staff. keep up the good work and I will be back here with a longer testimonial of positives.
17th of Apr, 2010 John People need to stand together, in the interests of the pain and injustice this man has done and continued to do. in the interests of social conscience, and the human rights we have the right to dignity he has stolen from so many, and will continue to do so.
22nd of Apr, 2010 TC I gave him a simple job to do, and he fleeced me. BAD BAD BAD
28th of Jun, 2010 Paddy I'm sorry to read so many angry reviews directed at mr.Tansey. I haven't dealt with mr.Tansey directly so cannot pass comment however Mr.tanseys company I have had the pleasure of working with and find them tobe a sterling firm of hard working professionals with a no nonsense approch to their work, people should understand that sometimes the law in ireland can be a fickle business let me put it in laymans terms like any good trades man a professional solicitor can only do the best with what tools and materials he/she has been given to work with and in the event of a legal case the quality of evidence if any has tobe unequivocol and of a high standard, be it in writing (contractual) or a sworn affidavat (verbal witness),circumstantial evidence can be viewed as conjecture and unless you can copperfastten by way of quality sound evidence be it contractual or afidavat a case can be pretty much 50/50. I am not saying that some of your cases didn't have such evedence as I am not familiar with them however the same might possibly be reasons why some of your cases didn't go anywere!, as to the man not having insurance cover and 8 year case perhaps the insuarance company wiggled there way out of the cover by way of a technicality or small print clause?or premium not been paid up or other I don't know, anyway I feel terrible for the Scottish Lassys ordeal but perhaps it wasn't mr.tanseys fault and he didn't purpotrate the attacks on you and your property also maybe he has his own troubles! If what your saying is true of his divorce and massive settlement of 19m, surelly this in itself is a very stressful and painfull process for mr tansey and his family at the end of the day we are all human of flesh and blood and what hurts you can hurt him also, I would like to finish by saying these people have a high pressure jobs contending with numerous cases at any given time and for the same reason can become irrate if heckled constantly on the phone with nothing to report or possibly add as cases can be long drawn out between adjournments as the saying goes patience is a vitue and requires practice I will say a prayer for all aggrieved that god may find his way into your hearts to heal the pain and lift the anger as it does no one anygood, I am not an employee or relative but i am a client of mr.tanseys firm.and think i understand how things work with a common sense view within the legal system in ireland
31st of May, 2010 Ed This man is corrupt and so is the legal sytem which refuses to act against him. As a registered tax defaulter he should be barred from practicing law.
10th of Jun, 2010 Joe This solicitor represented me when I was in a very fragile state over an issue with my employer. i can only say his attitude was more negative than my mood at the time. On reading my case he stated "Have you ever heard of a death by a thousand cuts?"....and still took the case. I lost, after which he said ok I suppose we can look and see if there are any grounds for appeal. Luckily I was recommended Michael Quigley to hear my appeal. He has been rated here by some as arrogant. i can only say that he is confident and very reassuring with no bull. And yet he was extremely sensitive to my state of mind. I can only begin to describe what a relief it is to have Mr Quigley batting for you. Shame on you Tansey. Money over morals...what more can I say?
19th of Jun, 2010 Brendan I went to Mr Tansey several years ago over a land problem. He sat on the case and did nothing, except make me pay for surveys. Eventually he told me that I was out of time and he could do no more for me. The man is totally incompetent as far as I'm concerned.
19th of Jun, 2010 M Both him and the law society are rotten to the core.
20th of Jun, 2010 TMcC Yu are wasting your time complaining to the Law Society about this man.If you must complain, do so to the Revenue and especially to the Criminal Assets Bureau. They might well be interested in how he acquired his ill-gotten gains. The man fleeced me and now uses legal arguments to avoid redress. I'm going to ensure he won't get away with it.
20th of Jun, 2010 TMcC To the administrator of this site: Don't be put off by Tansey's threats. He is well known for his bullying. In reality he is an egrarious coward who hides behind his protectors in the Law Society. Face him and he backs down.
20th of Jun, 2010 TMcC A poem: Damien Tansey cute and sly, Rips-off clients and makes them cry, But when his clients have their say, Damien Tansey runs away.
21st of Jun, 2010 Tony I've just read that the crook Tansey has been appointed to the NAMA board. He'll be in good company.

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