The cities of Dublin and Belfast are to host the World Bar Conference 2008 which will take place from the 27th to 30th June next year.
Top International human rights experts will address delegates travelling from referral Bars around the globe. Attending are acclaimed international speakers including human rights defender Beatrice Mtetwa, Middle East Correspondent Robert Fisk and Shami Chakrabati, Director of civil rights organisation, Liberty. View more... Published on 19 November 2007
The Bar Council will be studying the final report of the Competition Authority in detail. We broadly welcome the process which has enabled us over the last few years to engage in a process of self-examination and reform and has led to a more competitive, client aware profession and improved our standards and service. [view Press Release]View more... Published on 11 December 2006
Press ReleasesNew Bar Council Chairman. Turlough O'Donnell SC has been elected as Chairman of the Bar Council. Aged 50, Mr O'Donnell is a native of Belfast. He was educated at St Marys CBS, Belfast, followed by University College Dublin, where he obtained a BCL. He qualified as a barrister in the King's Inns.He was called to the Bar in 1979 and became a Senior Counsel in 1997. His practice consists mainly of medical negligence and general common law.He served as Chairman of the Arbitration and View more... Published on 19 July 2006
Wednesday 19th October, 2005 - Minister Micheál Martin is launching the Bar Council's Small Claims Arbitration Scheme on Wednesday, 19th October at 4pm in the Law Library Distillery Building, 145 Church Street, Dublin 7. View more... Published on 19 October 2005
The Competition Authority issued its consultation document today into the legal professions. Many of the issues have been highlighted and discussed over a number of months. The Bar Council will meet next week to consider the implications of the consultation paper. A copy of the paper will be made available to all practitioners. Hugh Mohan SC, Chairman of the Bar Council, in an initial... View more... Published on 24 February 2005
Statement from Hugh Mohan SC, Chairman of the Bar CouncilThe judgment today of Mr Justice McMenamin highlights some of the many flaws in the PIAB legislation, particularly the lack of equality between the parties and the practice of interfering with the lawyer-client relationship. The Bar Council has brought this weakness to the attention of Government, both before the legislation was enacted and since. It is only right that this inequality has been recognised and... View more... Published on 25 January 2005
Why are our politicians giving into the insurance lobby time and time again? The numerous concessions made to date have only succeeded in increasing their profits, without any benefit to the Irish motorist. The insurance industry make hundreds of millions euro annually; their profits soar dramatically year after year. All funded by their customers.They called for PIAB and they got it - with no decrease in premia. They have... View more... Published on 16 December 2004
The quadrupling of insurance company profits in motor insurance alone, as shown in the IFSRA figures published today, is further proof that the industry has misled the Irish government and public in recent years. Their claims that the legal system was to blame for high insurance premia is now shown to be both false and misleading. It is clear that the insurance industry is making enormous profits on inflated premia.The insurance industry... View more... Published on 19 October 2004
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