Wariness grows in legal aid row after week of bitter recriminations
Solicitors and Minister for Justice face criticism as positions become entrenched ahead of Law Society meeting with Jim O’Callaghan
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Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan needs to reach agreement with solicitors to end industrial action
Law Society seeks to meet O’Callaghan ‘in person’ to solve legal aid payments impasse
Minister for Justice offers talks to hear Law Society’s viewpoint as four-month withdrawal of services escalates
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The criminal courts are operating, but not ‘effectively’, as Jim O’Callaghan claims
Minister has offered to meet solicitors as legal aid dispute sees case backlogs rise
Jim O’Callaghan reiterates claim that solicitors are targeting rape cases
Minister faces backlash for saying rape trials were only cases ‘deliberately’ targeted by striking solicitors
The Irish Times view on the legal aid dispute: solicitors should end it now
Jim O’Callaghan still has time to show he has the stomach to take on bigger reforms
Minister for Justice accused of ‘grossly unfair commentary’ over rape cases
O’Callaghan criticised for saying ‘only cases deliberately affected by withdrawal of services in Central Criminal Court yesterday were those involving allegations of rape’
Jim O’Callaghan accused of treating solicitors’ pay dispute ‘like it’s a game’
Taoiseach defends Minister for Justice on issue saying ‘essence of the reforms are here to stay because we do owe it to the taxpayer’
Opposition, lawyers condemn O’Callaghan over rape trials ‘deliberately affected’ remark
Minister’s comments on solicitors withdrawing services in legal aid dispute ‘deliberately provocative’ and an ‘absolute disgrace’
Rape trials only cases ‘deliberately’ targeted by striking solicitors, Jim O’Callaghan to tell Oireachtas
Criminal defence solicitor Michael Finucane rejects suggestion rape or any specific cases targeted
Court users face further disruption after criminal solicitors escalate action
Criminal defence solicitors to escalate services withdrawal from Monday
Judge again urges O’Callaghan and solicitors to resolve legal aid case between them
Situation will continue unless Minister for Justice agrees to engagement, lawyers say
Courts facing further disruption as judicial review of new legal aid model delayed
Minister for Justice said talks not appropriate when the regulations establishing the new scheme are subject of a High Court challenge
Solicitor behind Forest Fest music event suspended from legal practice by High Court
Philip Meagher is founder of the annual music and arts festival held in Emo, Co Laois
Over 200 solicitors and barristers protest outside Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin
Minister urged to enter talks before High Court decision next week on challenge to new payment model
Law Society wants talks to resolve solicitors’ payments row before legal year opens on Monday
Minister urged to mediate criminal legal aid dispute as more courts disruption looms
James MacGuill obituary: Criminal law expert who won landmark cases against the State
MacGuill successfully defended an IRA escapee and the State’s first female genital mutilation prosecution, among other landmark cases
Figures suggest new legal aid model a ‘thorough yellow packing’ of solicitors’ services
Data supplied by Minister for Justice show 75% of cases dealt with in one appearance under new system and 99% within five dates
Criminal courts face ‘shutdown’ if legal aid dispute not resolved, justice committee told
Law Society and Bar Council urge Minister for Justice to move to break impasse
‘Completely arrogant approach’: O’Callaghan accused of ‘waffle’ amid ongoing legal aid row
Opposition parties call on Minister for Justice to attend Oireachtas committee to discuss ongoing feud with solicitors
Dublin courts face growing backlog of cases in ongoing criminal law row, committee to hear
New legal term next month will usher in high volume of cases including long-running hearings of over four weeks
Criminal defence solicitors vs Jim O’Callaghan: Stakes raised during an unusual day in Bray
Some solicitors are quietly signing up to the Minister for Justice’s new payments system – but few will speak publicly about it
Barristers urge Jim O’Callaghan to ‘engage further’ with defence solicitors to end pay dispute
Minister on Tuesday wrote to Law Society saying he would not be appointing an independent mediator in an attempt to resolve the dispute
People who would never normally get bail are walking free because of the legal aid row
I am aware of at least one case where an accused, who was unrepresented in the District Court and granted bail, assaulted their partner to a degree requiring surgery within two days of being released
‘Hanging on by a thread’: Alleged child sex abuse victim urges Minister to end legal aid row
Complainant says adjournment of trial has exacerbated his mental health difficulties
A foot in the door: how to get move from being an intern to a career
As the graduate job market tightens, young people are finding it increasingly tough to get a start
Teenagers appear in court without legal representation due to solicitors strike
Appearance of children in court without legal representation ‘deeply concerning’, says Children’s rights advocates
Taoiseach dismisses call for mediator in criminal legal aid dispute
Micheál Martin says direct engagement is the ‘best’ way to resolve row over new €520 flat fee
Law Society asks Minister to consider mediator in bid to end legal aid fees row
Rosemarie Loftus told Jim O’Callaghan she was ‘surprised’ he suggested the criminal courts were ‘operating effectively’
Solicitor James MacGuill, who acted in several landmark cases, dies aged 63
MacGuill took test case that forced Government to reform Ireland’s criminal injuries compensation scheme
Legal aid fees dispute: Pressure mounts on Jim O’Callaghan as solicitors dig in
Oireachtas justice committee to invite Minister to hearing as courts backlog worsens; Minister insists courts are ‘operating effectively’
Civil legal aid system under ‘significant strain’ with appointment wait times of more than a year
Law Society president says income eligibility threshold of €18,000, unchanged since 2006, ‘locking people out of justice’
Solicitors consider approaching barristers to join strike in escalation of fees fight with Minister
Impact of dispute set to escalate as courts resume after summer recess
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