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Young solicitors: the Law Society is looking out for you!

The Law Society of Ireland, the hybrid regulator, representative body and educator of solicitors, has not forgotten the legions of unemployed young solicitors. They have appointed a career development...

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Another storm brewing for the legal profession?

Solicitors in the UK appear to be going through a similar insurance crisis to that which hit their Irish colleagues last year. The Lawyer reports that this year’s renewal process, now in its final...

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Unclear whether solicitors’ PI insurance storm has passed

[Updated] This time last year was not a happy one for many solicitors, with huge uncertainty in the insurance market delaying renewals. Insurance must be in place on 1 December 2010 and it seems that...

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The Government could help bring down legal costs overnight, but won’t

Legal costs in Ireland are high, yet the Minister for Justice could, overnight, activate an existing change to the law which could have a significant impact on such costs. The legal professions are...

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The challenge for solicitors

The current issue of The Parchment includes a brief but interesting interview with Michael Finucane, well-known criminal law and human rights solicitor and son of the late Belfast solicitor Pat...

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Solicitors await a “deluge of legislation” from the next Minister for Justice

"He needs your No 1 vote or he may resort to his phaser weapons." Fine Gael will probably have the choice of Minister for Justice & Equality and the position is expected by many to go to Alan...

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Ceci n’est pas une publicité

There are a number of forms of State-funded legal aid in Ireland but, in summary, they will be of no use to you unless charged with a reasonably serious crime or involved in family law proceedings. The...

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Aftershock: legal profession

I’ve been blogging about the legal profession’s own private economic crisis since January 2010 but haven’t had time lately to write any updates. Luckily, Flor McCarthy has an excellent blog post on the...

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What?!

The slow and painful collapse of the SMDF continues to surprise, if not delight. Today, a letter from the Chairman of the SMDF raises more questions than it answers. Three sentences jump off the page:...

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Criminal Law Practitioners Union in the works

People often gripe about the free legal aid system but, to my mind, it’s part of the price we pay for the Republic and its Constitution, which seek[s] to promote the common good, with due observance of...

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Tobacco packaging and intellectual property law

Misty water-colored memories, of the way we were The Oireachtas is currently considering a draft law that would introduce mandatory “plain packaging” of tobacco products. Last week, the Law Society...

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Update on plain packaging

Further to my recent post about the submissions of the Law Society on plain packaging of tobacco products to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children, the below letter was sent yesterday...

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Time to end willful ignorance on tobacco packaging and lobbying

Controversy over the submissions of the Law Society on proposed plain packaging law for tobacco products continues. It seemed, initially, that the Law Society was going to take the concerns raised by...

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Objections to the proposed Irish tobacco plain packaging law: an overview

Ireland is obliged by international law to reduce smoking. In the last decade we took the initiative by restricting advertising and sponsorship and introducing a workplace ban. Current Government...

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Is the Law Society trying to regulate blogs?

Restrictive rules on advertising by solicitors contain important exemptions to protect the right of solicitors to comment on legal and other issues. Is the Law Society interpreting the rules in a way...

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