Review Committee
The Review Committee reviews determinations and directions made by the LSRA which relate to
complaints of inadequate legal services and / or excessive costs.
About the Review Committee
Once the LSRA has made a determination of a complaint, the complainant or legal practitioner can request that the determination be reviewed by the Review Committee.
The independent Review Committee sits as a three person committee, composed of two lay persons and one legal practitioner.
The Review Committee considers all requests for review made to it and provides both the complainant and the legal practitioner with an opportunity to make a statement in writing as to why the determination of the LSRA was incorrect or unjust.
Following its consideration of the determination made by the LSRA, as well as any statements made by the complainant and the legal practitioner, the Review Committee can:
- Confirm the LSRA determination
- Send the complaint back to the LSRA with directions for it to be dealt with again
- Issue one or more directions to the legal practitioner, for example to waive or refund fees, to rectify an error or to pay compensation, as it considers appropriate.
Review Committee Members
Lay Members:
- Ann Maher
- David Swinburne
- John Horan
- Audry Deane
- Brice Dickson
- James Doorley
- Stephen Kealy
- Michael O’Sullivan
- Julie Brosnan
Law Society of Ireland Nominees:
- Dermot Scanlon
- Brendan Dillon
- Aoife Mellett
- Dr John G. O’Malley
- Donal O’Kelly
- Deirdre Wilson
Bar of Ireland Nominees:
- Joe Jeffers BL
- Fionnuala O’Sullivan BL
- Nicola Cox BL
- David Leonard BL