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 [...]
Press Release: Wednesday 18th September 2024 The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) today [18 September 2024] publishes a series of research reports and makes recommendations for reforms to tackle economic and other barriers facing aspiring and early career legal professionals and to increase diversity in the legal professions. The Breaking Down Barriers reports follow an [...]
Numbers of newly qualified solicitors and barristers continue to grow One in six new trainee solicitors on flexible professional course Press Release: Wednesday 17 July 2024 The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) today publishes its annual report for 2023 on the admission policies of the legal professions. The report, Pathways to the Professions 2023: Annual [...]
Regulator encouraged by growing number of consumers and lawyers willing to engage to resolve complaints informally Press Release: Wednesday 10 July 2024 The number of consumers and legal practitioners willing to engage with each other to informally resolve complaints with the assistance of mediators continues to grow, the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) said in [...]