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Call for mediator to help resolve legal aid dispute (opens the original)
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The president of the Law Society has called for an independent mediator to be appointed to help resolve the dispute over the new criminal legal aid scheme. Rosemarie Loftus has also told the Minister for Justice that she was surprised by his recent comment that the courts were functioning effectively and said the current impasse was having "a profound impact on the administration of justice". The dispute over the new flat fee payment scheme for criminal defence solicitors has caused nationwide d
Legal aid dispute continues as solicitors extend boycott (opens the original)
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The dispute between the Minister for Justice and criminal defence solicitors over a new legal aid payment scheme is set to continue into September. It follows a meeting of more than one hundred Dublin-based solicitors today who agreed to continue a withdrawal of services which began last month. The dispute centres on changes to the legal aid payment system announced in July which introduced a flat-fee payment. Solicitors say the flat-fee payment of €520 per client in the district court, is unwor
Solicitors to continue withdrawal of services in fee row (opens the original)
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The dispute between Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan and criminal legal aid solicitors is set to deepen after a nationwide meeting during which solicitors agreed to continue a withdrawal of services under the new payment scheme. Changes to the new scheme announced by Mr O'Callaghan earlier this week, which were aimed at resolving the dispute, were rejected as not going far enough. Legal sources say they believe the new scheme is still unworkable. The Law Society is expected to write to the m
No sign of legal aid row resolution as strike to contiue (opens the original)
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There is no sign of a resolution to the dispute between the Minister for Justice and criminal legal aid solicitors as solicitors in Dublin voted to continue to withdraw their services and refuse to work under the new payment system introduced on 1 July. Around 70 solicitors met in Dublin today, representing most legal firms, apart from two criminal law firms who are not participating in the dispute. A spokesperson said they had decided to maintain their action, despite some changes announced to
Denial of justice for those refused bail, says High Court (opens the original)
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The High Court has ruled there was a fundamental denial of justice in the cases of a number of people who were refused bail while not legally represented in the District Court because of the current solicitors' dispute. Ms Justice Mary Rose Gearty delivered judgment today in the case of 11 of 21 cases before the court where people had challenged their detention because they did not have solicitors present due to the current dispute over legal aid. The judge said each one of the applicants was su
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