Catholic Bishops condemn International Protection Act as ‘anti-family’ and ‘neither fair, nor just’
Migrants’ council chair says it is deeply regrettable that Act provides for detention of children, even if as a last resort
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Most solicitors report perception among peers that mediation means lower legal fees
‘Systemic non-compliance’ among lawyers with legal obligations on dispute mediation, notes study
The cost of defending cases: solicitors push back on plan to change how lawyers are paid through criminal legal aid
‘There’s a world of difference between theft of a Creme Egg and mortgage fraud,’ says one lawyer
Judge criticises failure to sanction psychiatric report for murder accused over lack of PPS number
‘We can’t have trials held up over trivialities like supplying someone’s PPS number,’ the judge said
Reform of free civil legal aid system ‘frustratingly slow’, says Chief Justice
Minister for Justice unable to comment on timeline for presenting Government with new proposals
New legal fees model could slash State’s bill in environmental cases
Proposed fees model would mean big savings for State in environmental judicial reviews, report suggests
Civil legal aid review failed to see scheme as a tool for social change, conference told
Moves to restrict access to judicial review criticised
Legal Aid Board warns of delays to divorce and child custody cases due to funding shortage
Rise in workload driven partly by ‘exponential increase’ in cases involving asylum seekers
Record domestic violence calls to Free Legal Advice Centres
Overwhelming demand points to ‘civil legal aid crisis’, says Flac chief executive
Office redevelopment opportunity off St Stephen’s Green for €13m
Possible options for 1970s property include eight-storey office building, 133-room hotel or 154-unit student accommodation block
Leading lawyer who represented Jozef Puska was top-paid criminal legal aid barrister in 2023
Senior counsel Michael Bowman was country’s top-paid criminal legal aid barrister in 2023
Sexual violence victims should get legal aid at all stages of legal process, Oireachtas committee told
Bar council says failure to reverse cuts to criminal legal aid fees is 'a national issue'
Personal injury cases down 40 per cent in four years, latest Courts Service annual report shows
Murder, rape and domestic violence cases rose last year but the number of less serious criminal offences fell
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