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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 September 2011
John Furlong reviews the law firm sector in Ireland as it weathers the storms of recession and the winds of change. The article provides details on the size and scale of the sector as well as statistical information on solicitors and law firms.
1 The current Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence is Alan Shatter TD, Solicitor and a noted authority on family law.
2 Recent critical review includes “Competition in Professional Services: Solicitors and Barristers” Competition Authority (Dublin: 2006). Further reports are referenced in ‘The Legal Profession’ in “Byrne and McCutcheon on the Irish Legal System” (Dublin: Bloomsbury Professional 5th Ed. 2009).
3 Competition Authority 2006. Law Society Figures 2011.
4 Law Society figures 2011.
5 Law Society figures 2011.
6 Law Society figures September 2010.
7 Competition Authority Report 2006 (op cit).
8 Dáil Éireann Debates Vol 729 No. 4–7 April 2011.
9 Report of the Legal Costs Implementation Advisory Group (Dublin: 2006); Report of the Legal Costs Working Group (Dublin: 2005).
10 Memorandum of Understanding between the European Union and Ireland (Brussels: December 2010).
12 Section 37 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994.
13 Law Society figures 2011.
14 Law Society figures 2011.
15 For example, family law practitioners are familiarising themselves with a range of new laws relating to adoption and civil partnerships which have been introduced in the past two years.
