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- High Court suspends popular Midlands solicitors practice after Law Society of Ireland action
- Criminal defence solicitors vs Jim O’Callaghan: Stakes raised during an unusual day in Bray
- Solicitors consider approaching barristers to join strike in escalation of fees fight with Minister
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Criminal defence solicitors vs Jim O’Callaghan: Stakes raised during an unusual day in Bray
Some solicitors are quietly signing up to the Minister for Justice’s new payments system – but few will speak publicly about it
Solicitors consider approaching barristers to join strike in escalation of fees fight with Minister
Impact of dispute set to escalate as courts resume after summer recess
New York State Bar Association signs historic accord with Bar of Ireland
The memorandum formalizes cooperation and positions Ireland as a legal gateway to European markets
Justice minister urged to resolve solicitors' strikes before start of new legal year
The Bar of Ireland said it is ‘extremely concerned that the dispute has not yet been resolved’ ahead of the new legal year on 5 October.
Solicitors to withdraw services from Monday over pay row
Solicitors working in criminal defence intend to withdraw their services from all work from Monday in an escalation of their dispute with the Minister for Justice over a new paymen...
Criminal defence solicitors hold walkout of Dublin District Courts as dispute over fees escalates
They were joined by scores of solicitors who practise in the district courts outside the capital as the dispute escalates
Belfast solicitor to represent Daniel Kinahan, court told
Daniel Kinahan is to be represented by a solicitor from Belfast, the Special Criminal Court has been told.
Solicitors in criminal legal aid fee row sustain €6.64m hit to income over two months
A partial withdrawal of services by solicitors took effect from mid-June and escalated to a near-blanket withdrawal from 1 July.
Solicitor behind Forest Fest music event suspended from legal practice by High Court
Philip Meagher is founder of the annual music and arts festival held in Emo, Co Laois
Over 100 criminal solicitors walk out over aid dispute
More than 100 criminal defence solicitors walked out of the district courts in Dublin this morning as part of their continued protest against a new legal aid scheme introduced earl...
Judge Martin Nolan says solicitors have ‘lost sight of their duty’ as they leave clients in custody unrepresented in cou...
Lawyers escalated legal aid row with Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan this week
Irish lawyers urge Irish Government to tackle Trump over ‘illegal war policies’
Bar of Ireland 'extremely concerned' as it calls for immediate end to pay dispute
Many criminal defence solicitors have withdrawn services as a result and are seeking renegotiation with the Department of Justice
‘It is the most basic duty of a solicitor to represent a client in custody’, says judge
Judge Martin Nolan made comments in the context of a number of defendants appearing without a solicitor due to the legal aid dispute
Dublin solicitors to continue withdrawal of services as courts prepare to return
District Courts will continue without full complement of legal-aid lawyers as row with Minister for Justice grinds on
Some solicitors are going to do ‘extremely well’ out of fee changes, O'Callaghan says
The justice minister defended his approach to the reforms as solicitors staged another walkout from the Central Criminal Court on the first day of the new legal term.
No trials this week at circuit courts in Louth because of solicitors’ strike
Huge rise in claims of unlawful detention linked to withdrawal of solicitors’ services
Almost 90 challenges mounted since July at costs ranging from €20,000 to over €40,000 per case
Solicitor James MacGuill, who acted in several landmark cases, dies aged 63
MacGuill took test case that forced Government to reform Ireland’s criminal injuries compensation scheme
Legal aid fee row: Striking solicitors double down with fresh threat to disrupt courts
Scheduled sentencing hearings and trials unlikely to proceed as withdrawal of services to continue
Judge ‘coerced’ into adjourning six rape and sexual offences trials as solicitors withdraw
Defence solicitors warned by judges they need court permission to cease representing people in custody
The Irish Independent’s View: It is time for a compromise deal in lawyers’ row
Consumer watchdog asked to examine solicitors’ strike amid concerns it breaches competition law
Oireachtas Justice Committee to refer transcript to Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
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