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Criminal Legal Aid
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Proposed changes to Criminal Legal Aid are unfair, unworkable, and undermine access to justice.
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12 Oct 2026
- Policy
- Criminal Law
Minister rejects mediation proposal again in Criminal Legal Aid dispute
The Minister for Justice has once again rejected the Law Society's proposals to resolve the ongoing Criminal Legal Aid dispute.
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30 Sept 2026
- Criminal Law
- Legal Aid
Letter to Minister
The President of the Law Society, Rosemarie Loftus, has written to the Minister for Justice to renew calls for independent mediation amid ongoing disruption in the courts.
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28 Sept 2026
- Legal Aid
- Policy
- Criminal Law
Criminal Legal Aid: update and next steps
Dr. Brian Hunt, Director of Policy, provides an update on the Law Society's work to address the ongoing Criminal Legal Aid dispute.
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Guidance on professional obligations
Recent guidance outlines the professional obligations of solicitors where instructions have been received from a client and the solicitor-client relationship established in respect of a matter that is before the criminal courts.
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Open Criminal Legal Aid: update and next steps
Criminal Legal Aid: update and next steps
Dr. Brian Hunt, Director of Policy, provides an update on the Law Society's work to address the ongoing Criminal Legal Aid dispute.
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Open Crisis point
Crisis point
Legal aid, both civil and criminal, are in crisis, with serious consequences for those who rely on it and for the solicitors who provide these essential services, writes Rosemarie Loftus in the October 2026 Gazette.
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Open True crime
True crime
In the May 2026 Gazette, Mary Halissey profiles the Law Society's Criminal Law Committee.
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Open Criminal minds
Criminal minds
In the March 2026 Gazette, Mary Halissey speaks to three recent graduates from the Law Society’s Law School who have opted for careers as criminal-defence lawyers.
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Open ‘Can-do creatures’
‘Can-do creatures’
The EU now drives 80% of new domestic substantive and procedural criminal legislation, writes Sorcha Corcoran in the March 2026 Gazette.
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Supreme speed
The Supreme Court re-examined the area of dismissal of proceedings based on prosecutorial delay in Kirwan v MJ O’Connor Solicitors and Anors. Eoin Pentony analyses the case for the December 2025 Gazette.
