Call for Mediator to Help Resolve Legal Aid Dispute

Law Society asks minister to consider 'independent mediator' to resolve solicitors' strike

In a letter to Jim O’Callaghan, the president of the Law Society said she was “surprised” to hear him say last week that the courts were running “effectively”.

Law Society asks Minister to consider mediator in bid to end solicitors standoff

Rosemarie Loftus told Jim O’Callaghan she was ‘surprised’ he suggested the criminal courts were ‘operating effectively’

Call for mediator to help resolve legal aid dispute

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.

WATERFORD CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN CRISIS - The Munster Express

NEW FIGURES SHOW COLLAPSE IN NUMBER OF CRIMINAL LEGAL AID CERTIFICATES   97% DROP IN CRIMINAL LEGAL AID CERTIFICATES ISSUED IN WATERFORD YEAR-ON-YEAR   WATERFORD LAW SOCIETY CALLS FOR URGENT REVIEW; LAW SOCIETY CALLS FOR INDEPENDENT MEDIATOR     New figures from the Courts Service show a dramatic reduction in the number of criminal legal […]