The Bar Of Ireland

Newly-qualified barristers are giving up on criminal work in favour of better-paying work in the civil courts, new figures suggest. Of the 197 new barristers who started practising in criminal between 2011 and the end of 2019, just 88 remain, according to figures published by the Irish Independent.

A new coalition of legal bodies, charities and NGOs has launched a campaign calling on the Government to immediately allocate the funding necessary to develop a dedicated family law courts complex at the Hammond Lane site. The "Courting Disaster" campaign involves the Law Society of Ireland, The Bar

The Bar of Ireland has presented its annual human rights award to Holocaust survivor Tomi Reichental in recognition of his work promoting tolerance and in educating young people about the importance of remembrance and reconciliation.

Holocaust survivor Tomi Reichental will be recognised by The Bar of Ireland at an awards ceremony later this month. Mr Reichental will receive the Bar's Human Rights Award 2019 in recognition of his work promoting tolerance and educating young people about the importance of remembrance and reconcili

The Government has come under increasing pressure to progress legislation and funding to deliver a major overhaul of the family law system. In a report published today, the Oireachtas justice committee has called for the Government to give urgent priority to promised legislation for the establishmen

The new Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) has blamed a Government department for the delay in rolling out its new complaints system, according to reports. The LSRA has said the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform did not approve the hiring of critical staff in time for roll-out this

The Bar of Ireland will establish an in-house fee recovery service later this year out of concerns about the low recovery rate for barristers' fees. The new service, which will also provide for the central collection of information about outstanding fees, will be in place by "the forthcoming legal y

The Bar of Ireland will more closely monitor the level of unpaid fees owed to junior barristers under the "antiquated" District Court legal aid scheme following a unanimous decision of the Bar AGM. Under a revised Code of Conduct, barristers will be required to submit details of outstanding fees owe

The representative body for barristers has voiced concern about proposals to offer independent legal representation to complainants in rape and sexual assault cases. The Bar Council of Ireland has said it is concerned that the "addition of another legal team to the trial process is unlikely to impro

Barristers could go on strike if the State does not consider pay restoration for prosecuting barristers, The Bar of Ireland has warned. Ciara Murphy, chief executive of The Bar of Ireland, wrote to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) last month after its case for higher fees was rejected by th

Five men and five women have been elected to the Bar Council of Ireland, leading to a gender-balanced council for the first time. Senior counsel Micheál P O'Higgins, Sara Phelan, Séamus Clarke, Denise Brett and Tim O'Leary have been elected to the Inner Bar Panel.

Cork barristers presented €7,500 to two cancer charities after a fundraising coffee morning in memory of their late colleague, Jane Anne Rothwell BL.

Barristers heard from cervical cancer patient Vicky Phelan and rape survivor Leona O'Callaghan at a landmark conference on the experience of plaintiffs and victims in pursuit of access to justice through the legal system in Ireland. The Bar of Ireland's chairman's conference, "Laws & Effect", to

Representatives of the barrister profession on both sides of the border focused on the impact of Brexit on the legal and justice sectors at the seventh annual Joint North South Bar Meeting.

Senior lawyers from across Europe have been welcomed to Dublin today to address the EU Bar Association's (EUBA) annual conference. The EU Bar Association is a specialist bar association for Irish barristers who practise in the area of EU law.