Introducing our Complaints Case Studies web page. You can browse our case studies to learn about issues that lead to complaints to the LSRA, how we investigate complaints, and how they might be resolved or avoided. We hope these offer useful insights for consumers and legal practitioners alike about the issues that commonly give rise to complaints [...]
Eight members have been appointed by the government to the LSRA, including six new appointments and two re-appointments. The government appointed Mr Tom Boland, who was nominated by the Higher Education Authority, to be the Authority’s new chairperson. He will replace the outgoing Chairperson, Dr Don Thornhill, who held the position since the establishment of the [...]
The Authority wishes to advise the public that "Hamil Law" is holding itself out as a firm entitled to provide legal services in Ireland. Through its website, https://www.hamillaw.com, it represents that it has offices at the 15 S Mall, Centre, Cork, T12 RD43, Ireland. The Authority advises the public that: "Hamil Law" is not a [...]
The LSRA will host an online information session on legal partnerships on Tuesday 10 December from 8a.m. to 8.45a.m. Legal partnerships have come into force as a new business structure for legal services providers in Ireland. Solicitors and barristers who wish to operate as legal partnerships are now permitted to do so under a new regulatory [...]
Outcomes of inquiries held by the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal (LPDT) into complaints of misconduct brought to it by the LSRA and the Law Society of Ireland have been published for the first time. These reports are now available on the LPDT’s website here: gov.ie - Outcomes of Inquiries The LPDT inquiry outcomes are published under [...]