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 [...]
Simmons & Simmons (Ireland) LLP becomes first solicitor-barrister legal partnership under new regulatory framework Press release: Tuesday 26 November 2024 The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) today welcomes the first legal partnership to be formed in Ireland under the new regulatory framework for this alternative business structure. Simmons & Simmons (Ireland) LLP is the first law [...]
The LSRA today publishes an Implementation Plan for the 32 reform recommendations in its Breaking Down Barriers reports which are aimed at tackling economic and other barriers facing aspiring and early career legal professionals and increasing diversity in the legal professions. As part of the implementation plan, the LSRA intends to establish and manage an implementation [...]
Almost 1 in 4 of all closed complaints successfully resolved Over quarter a million euro in compensation ordered to clients €354,020 in unpaid barristers’ fees recovered following complaints to LSRA Press Release: Wednesday 30 October 2024 The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) today marks five years of its independent handling of complaints about solicitors and barristers, [...]
Press Release: Tuesday 8th October 2024 6 in 10 legal practitioners surveyed welcome legal partnerships as a positive development for Irish legal services 1 in 5 law firms likely to become a legal partnership in next five years The Legal Services Regulatory Authority today marks the introduction of a new business structure which for the first [...]