About Roundtree Tarpey
Roundtree Tarpey is a firm of solicitors originally established in 1995 by Jack Roundtree as ‘HJ Roundtree Solicitors’. In January 2001 John Tarpey joined the firm and ‘Roundtree Tarpey Solicitors’ was formed.
Since we were established in 1995 we have at all times operated from our current address.
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We are now in our third decade. Throughout our years of practice we have been dedicated to building strong and lasting relationships with our clients by providing them with ready accessibility and clarity when working through sometimes complex processes. We pride ourselves on the professional and personal approach that we take, and the high quality of service that we deliver to our clients.
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Our firm handles transactions of every size and complexity, and we pride ourselves on our ability to give our clients relevant, uncomplicated and practical advice in respect of any legal matter.
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We form and maintain long term relationships with our clients. We encourage our clients to feel free to contact us when they need legal assistance, however large or small. We offer a friendly, informal and efficient service at a competitive and reasonable cost. It is our policy to only charge fees for substantive work done and to try to pitch fees at a level where both parties are satisfied that they represent good value for our services.
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Our areas of expertise include Conveyancing and Property Law, Commercial and Residential Leases, Commercial and Company Law, Wills and Estate Planning, Probate and Administration of Estates and Civil Litigation.
We were authorised by the Legal Services Regulatory Authority to operate as a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) from 29 March 2021 and we now practice as Roundtree Tarpey LLP.
HJ Roundtree
Partner | Roundtree Tarpey LLP
T: +353 1 6623005 | M: +353 87 2510676 | E: jack@roundtreetarpey.ie
H.J. (Jack) Roundtree is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin. He trained as a solicitor with Mason Hayes & Curran and qualified in 1976. Jack is a former partner in William Fry Solicitors and former Examiner in Property with the Law Society of Ireland, where he has also lectured in the Law School.
While a partner at William Fry he specialised in property, both commercial and residential. On establishing his own practice in 1995 he continued specialising in residential and commercial property in all of its manifestations. He now practices in the following areas:
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Conveyancing – houses, apartments, shops, offices, mortgages
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Charities
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Contracts
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Commercial Law
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Wills
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Probate
Jack has also acted as an expert adviser in dispute resolution. He was delighted to be joined in his practice by John Tarpey at the beginning of 2001.
John Tarpey
Partner | Roundtree Tarpey LLP
T: +353 1 6623005 | M: +353 87 9484220 | E: john@roundtreetarpey.ie
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John graduated in Law from Trinity College Dublin in 1985, trained in William Fry Solicitors from 1986 and qualified as a solicitor in 1989. He continued to practice as a solicitor in William Fry’s Conveyancing Department, with Jack Roundtree, until 1993. He then joined LK Shields, where he became partner in charge of the Conveyancing Department. In 2001, he reunited with Jack to form Roundtree Tarpey Solicitors.
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John has over 30 years’ experience, primarily in commercial and residential conveyancing, licencing, commercial and company law, franchise agreements and wills, probate and administration of estates. He has acted for residential and commercial property developers, landlords and tenants, and in residential purchases and sales. John’s clients have included an international food-store chain, an international supermarket chain, shopping centre developers, a large approved housing body (AHB), a chain of pizza restaurants, a chain of public houses and tax based nursing home developers.
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He was a member of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Committee from 1997 to 2000 and was co-coordinator of the Law Society’s “Conveyancing Manual”. He has lectured and tutored in the Law Society’s Law School and is author of a Chapter on Commercial Leases in ‘Complex Conveyancing’ published by the Law Society. John has a Law Society Diploma in Civil Litigation, and Law Society Certificates in Conveyancing & Property Law, Commercial Contracts, and Banking Law & Practice. John has acted as a property consultant for a number of Dublin based practices and has also provided numerous expert opinions, at the request of various firms of solicitors throughout the country, in litigation involving conveyancing and property related disputes.
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For a more detailed profile for John please visit his LinkedIn profile by following the link above.