Press Release: Thursday 26 October 2023 The LSRA is pleased to welcome more than 100 attendees to Ireland for the two day International Conference of Legal Regulators (ICLR) which opened this morning in Dublin. [Thursday 26 October] The annual event, now in its twelfth year, sees legal regulators from around the world gather to share [...]
Regulator welcomes operation of new independent Tribunal for misconduct complaints Press Release: Wednesday 27 September 2023 The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) today publishes its second complaints report for 2023 which shows it received 655 complaints about legal practitioners in a six month period, with 671 complaints closed. The report provides details of the number [...]
Bill paves way for introduction of significant new business model for legal services delivery The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) welcomes the passage of the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023 through its final stages in Dáil Éireann yesterday. The Bill contains a range of reforms including amendments to the Legal Services Regulation [...]
Slight growth in numbers of practising solicitors and barristers amid signs of increased demand for legal services in post-Covid economic boost The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) today publishes its annual report for 2022 on the admission policies of the legal professions. The report, Pathways to the Professions 2022: Annual Report on Admission Policies of [...]
Legal practitioners must comply with directions of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority on foot of consumer complaints or risk being brought to the High Court, the complaints body has warned in its 2022 Annual Report. The report published this morning shows that the LSRA received a total of 1,352 complaints and closed a total of [...]