• Codes
• Rules
• Solicitors Acts
• Regulations
• Practice Notes (link to archive of all Law Society practice notes)
• Guides
• Matters relating to practice

Codes of Conduct

• Solicitor's Guide to Professional Conduct
• Protocol for conflicts of interest relating to proceedings of regulatory committees
• Charter of Core Principles of the European Legal Profession & Code of Conduct for European Lawyers

Code of Practice

• Code of Practice on Access to a Solicitor by Persons in Garda Custody
• 2017 Family Law in Ireland Code of Practice

Rules

CPD Scheme

• About the CPD Scheme

FE-1 Process

• Preliminary Exam
• FE-1 Exam - process, related rules and legislative sources 

Trainees

• In-office Training - including credit applications, indenture deed, employment rights, saaries, secondments and moving offices
• PPC courses - PPC I and PPC II
• Admission to Roll  

Run-off Cover

• Rules of Run-off Cover

Solicitors Acts

• Solicitors Act 1954
• Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1960
• Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994
• Solicitors (Amendment) Act 2002
• Legal Services Regulation Act 2015

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Regulations

Advertising

• S.I. 644/2020 - Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (Advertising) Regulations 2020
• S.I. No. 344/1988 - Solicitors (Advertising) Regulations, 1988
• S.I. No. 351/1996 - Solicitors (Advertising) Regulations 1996
• S.I. No. 518/2002 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 2002 Solicitors (Advertising) Regulations, 2002
• S.I. No. 229/2019 - Solicitors Advertising Regulations 2019

Appeals / Applications for Admission as a Solicitor Rules

• S.I. No. 81/1955 - Rules of the High Court and Supreme Court. Solicitors Act Rules, 1955
• S.I. No. 701/2004 - Rules of the Superior Courts (Solicitors (Amendment) Act 2002), 2004

Certificate of good standing / certificate of standing

• S.I. No. 604/2010 - The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2008 (Sixth Schedule) Regulations 2011
• S.I. No. 605/2010 - The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2008 (Fees) Regulations 2011

Commencement Orders

• S.I. No. 604/2020 - Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (Section 218) (Commencement) Order 2020
• S.I. No. 645/2020 - Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2020
• S.I. No. 127/2007 - Solicitors Act 1954 (Section 44) Order 2007
• S.I. No. 133/1999 - Solicitors Act, 1954 (Section 44) Order, 1999
• SI 196 of 2013 Criminal Justice Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2013
• S.I. No. 383/2016 - Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2016
• S.I. No. 494/2002 - Solicitors (Amendment) Act 2002 (Commencement) Order 2002
• Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (Establishment Day) Order 2016
• S.I. No. 630/2016 - Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (Sections 118 to 120) (Commencement) Order 2016
• S.I. No. 228/2018 - Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2018
• S.I. No. 584/2018 - Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2018
• S.I. No. 573/2019 - Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (Complaints Procedures) Regulations 2019
• S.I. No. 519/2019 - Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (Limited Liability Partnerships) (Section 130) Regulations 2019
• S.I. No. 572/2019 - Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (Professional Indemnity Insurance) Regulations 2019
• S.I. No. 502/2019 - Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2019
• S.I. No. 463/2019 - Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (Levy) Regulations 2019
• S.I. No. 400/2019 - Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (Commencement Of Certain Provisions) Order 2019

Compensation Fund

• S.I. No. 234/1955 - Solicitors' (Compensation Fund) Regulations, 1955
• S.I. No. 115/1963 - Solicitors (Compensation Fund) Regulations, 1963
• SI 442 of 2013 Solicitors (Compensation Fund) Regulations 2013
• S.I. No. 548/2018 - Solicitors (Compensation Fund) Regulations 2018

Complaints

Please note that the Society no longer receives complaints made against solicitors and all complaints made against solicitors from 7 October 2019 must be made to the Legal Services Regulatory Authority.

• S.I No. 466/2019 Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2015 (Complaints and Client Relations Committee Conduct) Regulations 2019
• Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2015 (Complaints and Client Relations Committee Section 8 and 9) Regulations 2019

CPD

• S.I. No. 37/2003 - Solicitors (Continuing Professional Development) Regulations 2003
• S.I. No. 807/2007 - Solicitors (Continuing Professional Development) Regulations 2007
• S.I. No. 452/2009 - Solicitors (Continuing Professional Development) Regulations 2009
• S.I. No. 501/2012 - Solicitors (Continuing Professional Development) Regulations 2012.
• S.I. No. 329/2014 - Solicitors (Continuing Professional Development) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
• SI 480 of 2015 Solicitors (Continuing Professional Development) Regulations 2015 
• S.I. No. 529/2017 - Solicitors (Continuing Professional Development) Regulations 2017

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Education

• S.I. No. 90/1955 - Solicitors' Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 1955.
• S.I. No. 217/1955 - Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 1955.
• S.I. No. 307/1956 - Solicitors Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 1956.
• S.I. No. 94/1960 - The Solicitors Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 1960.
• S.I. No. 201/1965 - Solicitors Acts 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) Amendment) Regulations, 1965.
• S.I. No. 230/1966 - Solicitors Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 1966.
• S.I. No. 17/1968 - Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 1968.
• S.I. No. 110/1969 - Solicitors Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 1969.
• S.I. No. 108/1970 - Solicitors' Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 1970
• S.I. No. 218/1971 - Solicitors Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 1971.
• S.I. No. 49/1972 - Solicitors Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 1972.
• S.I. No. 47/1973 - Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 1973.
• S.I. No. 333/1973 - Solicitors Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) No. 2 Regulations, 1973.
• S.I. No. 138/1974 - Solicitors Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment No. 1) Regulations 1974.
• S.I. No. 66/1975 - Solicitors' Acts, 1954 and 1960 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 1975.
• S.I. No. 226/1981 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 and 1960 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 1981.
• S.I. No. 43/1987 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 and 1960 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 1987.
• S.I. No. 231/1989 - The Solicitors Acts 1954 and 1960 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 1989.
• S.I. No. 9/1991 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 and 1960 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 1991.
• S.I. No. 359/1992 - The Solicitors' Acts 1954 and 1960 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 1992.
• S.I. No. 360/1992 - The Solicitors' Acts 1954 and 1960 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 1992.
• S.I. No. 320/1993 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 and 1960 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 1993.
• S.I. No. 102/1995 - Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 1994 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 1995.
• S.I. No. 287/1997 - The Solicitors' Acts, 1954 To 1994 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 1997
• S.I. No. 546/2001 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 1994 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 2001
• S.I. No. 377/2002 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 2002 (Apprentices' Fees) Regulations, 2002
• S.I. No. 717/2004 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 2002 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Recognition of Qualifications) Regulations, 2004
• Legal Practitioners (Irish Language) Act 2008
• S.I. No. 577/2008 - The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2008 (Apprentices Fees) Regulations 2008
• S.I. No. 144/2009 - Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 2008 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
• S.I. No. 46/2011 - Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2008 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Training Officer) Regulations 2011.
• S.I. No. 328/2014 - Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2011 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
• S.I. No. 503/2019 - The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2011 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

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Financial

• S.I. No. 218/1955 - Solicitors' Accounts Regulations, 1955
• S.I. No. 308/1956 - The Solicitors' Accounts Regulations, 1956
• S.I. No. 252/1957 - The Solicitors' Accounts Regulations, 1957
• S.I. No. 193/1958 - Solicitors' Accounts (Amendment) Regulations, 1958
• S.I. No. 51/1961 - Solicitors' Accounts (Amendment) Regulations, 1961
• S.I. No. 163/1965 - The Solicitors Accounts (Amendment) Regulations 1965
• S.I. No. 193/1966 - Solicitors' Accounts (Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 1966
• S.I. No. 75/1966 - The Solicitors' Accounts (Amendment) Regulations, 1966
• S.I. No. 44/1967 - Solicitors' Accounts Regulations, 1967
• S.I. No. 231/1970 - Solicitors' Accounts (Amendment No. 3) Regulations, 1970
• S.I. No. 107/1970 - Solicitors Accounts (Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 1970
• S.I. No. 94/1970 - Solicitors' Accounts (Amendment) Regulations, 1970
• S.I. No. 196/1971 - Solicitors' Accounts (Amendment) Regulations, 1971
• S.I. No. 125/1976 - Solicitors Accounts (Amendment) Regulations, 1976
• S.I. No. 242/1977 - Solicitors' Accounts (Amendment) Regulations, 1977
• S.I. No. 304/1984 - The Solicitors' Accounts Regulations No. 2 of 1984
• S.I. No. 108/1995 - Solicitors (Interest on Clients' Moneys) Regulations, 1995
• .I. No. 421/2001 - Solicitors Accounts Regulations, 2001
• S.I. No. 372/2004 - Solicitors (Interest on Clients' Moneys) Regulations, 2004
• S.I. No. 719/2005 — Solicitors Accounts (Amendment) Regulations, 2005
• Directive 2005/60/EC Money Laundering
• S.I. No. 111/2006 — Solicitors Accounts (Amendment) Regulations, 2006
• Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010
• SI 347 of 2012 Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010 (Section 31) Order 2012
• SI 494 of 2013 Solicitors Accounts (Amendment) Regulations 2013
• Criminal Justice Act 2013
• SI 516 of 2014 Solicitors Accounts Regulations 2014
• Directive(EU) 2015/849 Money Laundering
• SI 533 of 2016 Solicitors (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Regulations 2016
• Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Act 2018
• S.I. No. 239/2020 - Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2015 (Regulation of Practice Committee) Regulations 2020
• S.I. No. 377/2020 - Solicitors (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Regulations) 2020

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Foreign Lawyers

• S.I. No. 642/2020 - Registered European Lawyers Qualifying Certificate Regulations 2020
• S.I. No. 690/2021 - Registered European Lawyers Qualifying Certificate (Application Fee) Regulations 2021
• S.I. No. 58/1979 — European Communities (Freedom To Provide Services) (Lawyers) Regulations, 1979.
• S.I. No. 84/1991 — The Solicitors Acts 1954 and 1960 (European Community Lawyers) (Fees) Regulations, 1991
• S.I. No. 85/1991 — The Solicitors Acts 1954 and 1960 (European Community) Regulations, 1991
• S.I. No. 241/1997 — Solicitors Act, 1954 (Section 44) Order, 1997
• Establishment Directive (98/5/EC)
• S.I. No. 459/2003 — Solicitors Act 1954 (Section 44) Order 2003
• S.I. No. 732/2003 — European Communities (Lawyers' Establishment) Regulations 2003
• S.I. No. 752/2004 — European Communities (Lawyers' Establishment) (Amendment) Regulations 2004
• S.I. No. 35/2010 — Solicitors Acts 1954 (Section 44) Regulations 2009
• S.I. No. 540/2012 — The European Communities (Lawyers' Establishment) Regulations 2003 (Qualifying Certificate 2013) Regulations 2012.
• S.I. No. 560/2018 - Registered European Lawyers Qualifying Certificate Regulations 2018
• S.I. No. 697/2019 - Registered European Lawyers Qualifying Certificate Regulations 2019

Independent Adjudicator

• S.I. No. 406/1997 — Solicitors (Adjudicator) Regulations 1997
• S.I. No. 720/2005 — Solicitors (Adjudicator) (Amendment) Regulations, 2005

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Professional Names and Notepaper

• S.I. No. 178/1996 - Solicitors (Practice, Conduct and Discipline) Regulations 1996

Practising Certifcate (PC)

• S.I. No. 689/2021 - Solicitors Practising Certificate (Application Fee) Regulations 2021
• S.I. No. 60/1955 - Solicitors' Act, 1954 (Practising Certificates and Restrictions on Solicitors) Regulations, 1955
• S.I. No. 341/1971 - Solicitors' Practising Certificate Fees Regulations, 1971
• S.I. No. 2/1992 — Solicitors Acts, 1954 and 1960 (Fees) Regulations 1992
• S.I. No. 2/1993 — Solicitors Acts 1954 and 1960 (Fees) Regulations, 1993
• S.I. 436 No. 436 of 1994 Solicitors (Practising Certificate 1995/96) Regulations, 1994
• S.I. No. 1/1994 — Solicitors Acts 1954 and 1960 (Fees) Regulations, 1994
• S.I. No. 1/1995 - Solicitors (Form of Practising Certificate 1995/96) Regulations, 1995
• S.I. No. 2/1995 - Solicitors (Practising Certificate 1995/96 Fees) Regulations, 1995
• S.I. No. 400/1996 - Solicitors (Practising Certificate 1997 Fees) Regulations, 1996
• S.I. No. 401/1996 - Solicitors (Practising Certificate 1997) Regulations, 1996
• S.I. No. 507/1997 - Solicitors (Practising Certificate 1998) Regulations, 1997
• S.I. No. 508/1997 - Solicitors (Practising Certificate 1998 Fees) Regulations 1997
• S.I. No. 491/1998 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 1994 Solicitors (Practising Certificate 1999 Fees) Regulations 1998
• S.I. No. 492/1998 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 1994 Solicitors (Practising Certificate 1999) Regulations, 1998
• S.I. No. 467/1999 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 1994 Solicitors (Practising Certificate 2000) Regulations, 1999
• S.I. No. 472/1999 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 1994 Solicitors (Practising Certificate 2000 Fees) Regulations, 1999
• S.I. No. 431/2000 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 1994 Solicitors (Practising Certificate 2001 Fees) Regulations, 2000
• S.I. No. 432/2000 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 1994 Solicitors (Practising Certificate 2001) Regulations, 2000
• S.I. No. 634/2001 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 1994 Solicitors (Practising Certificate 2002 Fees) Regulations, 2001
• S.I. No. 635/2001 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 1994 Solicitors (Practising Certificate 2002) Regulations, 2001
• S.I. No. 604/2002 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 2002 Solicitors (Practising Certificate 2003) Regulations, 2002
• S.I. No. 605/2002 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 2002 Solicitors (Practising Certificate 2003 Fees) Regulations, 2002
• S.I. No. 673/2003 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 2002 Solicitors (Practising Certificate 2004) Regulations, 2003
• S.I. No. 674/2003 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 2002 Solicitors (Practising Certificate 2004 Fees) Regulations, 2003
• S.I. No. 798/2004 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 2002 Solicitors (Practising Certificate 2005) Regulations, 2004
• S.I. No. 717/2005 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 2002 Solicitors (Practising Certificate 2006) Regulations, 2005
• S.I. No. 624/2006 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 2002 Solicitors (Practising Certificate 2007) Regulations, 2006
• S.I. No. 826/2007 - The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2002 Solicitors (Practising Certificate 2008) Regulations 2007
• S.I. No. 540/2008 - The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2008 (Practising Certificate 2009) Regulations 2008
• S.I. No. 510/2009 - The Solicitors Acts 1954 To 2008 (Practising Certificate 2010) Regulations 2009
• S.I. No. 641/2010 - The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2008 Solicitors (Practising Certificate 2011) Regulations 2010
• S.I. No. 670/2011 - The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2008 Solicitors (Practising Certificate 2012) Regulations 2011
• S.I. No. 539/2012 — The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2011 Solicitors (Practising Certificate 2013) Regulations 2012
• S.I. No. 323/2013 - The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2011 Solicitors (Practising Certificate 2013) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
• S.I. No. 495/2013 - Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2011 Solicitors (Practising Certificate 2014) Regulations 2013
• S.I. No. 561/2014 - The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2011 Solicitors (Practising Certificate 2015) Regulations 2014
• S.I. 577 of 2015 The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2011 (Practising Certificate 2016) Regulations 2015
• S.I. No. 627/2017 - The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2015 (Practising Certificate) Regulations 2017
• S.I. No. 558/2018 - Solicitors Practising Certificate Regulations 2018
• S.I. No. 685/2019 - Solicitors Practising Certificate Regulations 2019
• S.I. No. 655/2020 - Solicitors Practising Certificate Regulations 2020

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Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII)

• S.I. No. 312/1995 — The Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 1994 (Professional Indemnity Insurance) Regulations, 1995.
• S.I. No. 209/1998 - Professional Indemnity Insurance (Amendment) Regulations, 1998
• S.I. No. 362/1999 — The Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 1994 (Professional Indemnity Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations, 1999
• S.I. No. 115/2004 — The Solicitors Acts 1954 To 2002 (Professional Indemnity Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations, 2004
• S.I. No. 122/2005 — The Solicitors Acts 1954 To 2002 (Professional Indemnity Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations 2005
• S.I. No. 617/2007 — The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2002 (Professional Indemnity Insurance) Regulations 2007
• S.I. No. 384/2009 — The Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 2008 (Professional Indemnity Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
• S.I. No. 441/2009 — The Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 2008 (Professional Indemnity Insurance) (Amendment (No. 2)) Regulations 2009
• S.I. No. 495/2010 — The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2008 (Professional Indemnity Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations 2010.
• S.I. No. 409/2011 — The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2008 (Professional Indemnity Insurance) Regulations 2011.
• S.I. No. 452/2012 — The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2011 (Professional Indemnity Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations 2012.
• SI 433 of 2013 - The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2011 (Professional Indemnity Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
• SI 445 of 2014 The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2011 (Professional Indemnity Insurance) Regulations 2014
• SI 403 of 2015 - The Solicitors Acts 1954 To 2011 (Professional Indemnity Insurance (Amendment) Regulations 2015
• S.I. No. 534/2016 - The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2011 (Professional Indemnity Insurance) Regulations 2016
• S.I. No. 389/2017 – The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2015 (Professional Indemnity Insurance Regulations) 2017
• S.I. No. 351/2018 Solicitors Professional Indemnity Insurance Regulations 2018
• S.I. No. 465/2019 Solicitors Professional Indemnity Insurance Regulations 2019
• S.I. No. 157/2020 - Solicitors Professional Indemnity Insurance (Amendment) Regulations 2020

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Professional Practice, Conduct and Discipline Regulations

• S.I. No. 33/1955 — Solicitors Act, 1954. Solicitors' (Disciplinary Committee) Rules, 1955
• S.I. No. 151/1955 — Solicitors' Act, 1954 (Professional Practice, Conduct and Discipline) Regulations, 1955
• S.I. No. 30/1961 — Solicitors (Disciplinary Committee) Rules 1961
• S.I. No. 344/1971 — Solicitors' (Professional Practice, Conduct and Discipline) (Amendment) Regulations, 1971
• S.I. No. 405/1986 — Solicitors Professional Practice, Conduct and Discipline Regulations, 1986
• S.I. No. 343/1988 — Solicitors (Professional Practice) Regulations, 1988
• S.I. No. 99/1990 — Solicitors (Practice, Conduct and Discipline) Regulations 1990
• S.I. No. 178/1996 - Solicitors (Practice, Conduct and Discipline) Regulations 1996
• S.I. No. 85/1997 - Solicitors (Professional Practice, Conduct and Discipline) Regulations 1997
• S.I. No. 14/1998 - Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) (Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1994), 1998
• S.I. No. 211/2009 - Solicitors (Professional Practice, Conduct and Discipline - Secured Loan Transactions) Regulations 2009
• S.I. No. 366/2010 - Solicitors (Professional Practice, Conduct and Discipline) Commercial Property Transactions) Regulations 2010
• S.I. No. 375/2012 - Solicitors (Professional Practice, Conduct and Discipline - Conveyancing Conflict of Interest) Regulation 2012

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Miscellaneous

• Legal Services Ombudsman Act 2009
• S.I. No. 103/2006 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 2002 (Independent Law Centres) Regulations, 2006
• S.I. No. 124/1994 - Employment Regulation Order (Tailoring Joint Labour Committee), 1994
• SI 37 of 1998 Investor Compensation Act, 1998
• SI 11 of 1995 Investment Intermediaries Act, 1995
• S.I. No. 443/2013 - Solicitors (Delivery of Documents) Regulations 2013
• S.I. No. 439/1998 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 1994 (Investment Business Investor Compensation) Regulations, 1998
• S.I. No. 460/2001 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 1994 (Euro Changeover)
• S.I. No. 504/2001 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 1994 (Euro Changeover) Regulations, 2001 
• S.I. No. 641/2020 - Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2015 (Applications for Removal from the Roll of Solicitors) Regulations 2020
• S.I. No. 741/2020 - Solicitors Act 1954 (Section 44) (England and Wales) Order 2020
• S.I. No. 742/2020 - Solicitors Act 1954 (Section 44) (Northern Ireland) Order 2020
• S.I. No. 743/2020 - Solicitors Act 1954 (Section 44) (Scotland) Order 2020

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Guides

Ceasing Practice

• Guidelines booklet for solicitors ceasing practice
• Run Off cover guidance 2012
• Run-off Fund Guidelines october 2012
• Summary guidelines for ceasing practice

Complaints

• Complaints about Solicitors
• Complaints and Client Relations Committee
• Quality of Service Statement
• Resolving disputes

Conveyancing

• Residential Certificate of Title Documentation (2009 Edition):
  1. Booklet
  2. Solicitor’s Undertaking
  3. Solicitor’s Certificate of Title
  4. Guidelines
• Residential Certificate of Title Documentation (2011 Edition):
  1. Solicitor’s Undertaking (updated Feb 2014)
  2. Solicitor’s Certificate of Title
  3. Guidelines
• Building Estate Conveyance
• Building Estate Transfer
• Certificates of Compliance (2010 versions):
  1. Certificate of Compliance with Planning and Building Regulations 2010 - Full service
  2. Certificate of Compliance with Planning and Building Regulations 2010 - Part service
• Certificates of Compliance (2018 versions):
  1. Planning
  2. Opt Out Building Regulations and Planning
  3. Exempt Building Regulations and Planning
  4. Explanatory Memorandum
• Commercial Mortgage Lending Law Society Approved Forms (2010 Edition):
  1. Booklet
  2. Undertaking De Minimis
  3. Certificate of Title De Minimis
  4. Certificate of Title Hybrid
  5. Guidelines
• Completion Notice - Purchaser: 2018 Edition
• Completion Notice - Purchaser: 2019 Edition
• Completion Notice - Vendor: 2018 Edition
• Completion notice - Vendor: 2019 Edition
• Conditions of Sale 2019 Edition - for transactions commencing on or after 1 January 2019:
  1. Conditions of Sale – 2019 edition (fillable pdf)
  2. Conditions of Sale – 2019 edition (to page 5) (Word)
  3. General Conditions of Sale – 2019 Edition (pdf)
  4. Explanatory Memorandum to Conditions of Sale 2019
  5. FAQ – Conditions of Sale 2019
• Conditions of Sale 2017 Edition – for transactions commencing on or after 3 January 2017:
  1. Conditions of Sale 2017 Edition (fillable pdf – save to desktop before completing)
  2. Explanatory Memorandum to Conditions of Sale
• Family Law Declarations (in Conveyancing Committee Precedents section)
• Law Society Approved Format of Accountable Trust Receipt
• Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 precedents:
  1. Practice Note November 2015
  2. Precedent OMC Constitution
  3. Precedent Developer – OMC Agreement
  4. Precedent Pre-Contract Enquiries - Word
  5. Precedent Pre-Contract Enquiries - PDF
  6. Declaration under Section 11 or Section 12 of Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011
  7. Transfer of Common Areas - Section 3(1)(b) Transfer - where no residential unit sold prior to 1 April 2011
  8. Transfer of Common Areas - Section 4 Transfer - where any residential unit was sold before 1 April 2011
  9. Transfer of Common Areas - Section 5 Transfer - where all apartments have been sold
  10. Transfer of Common Areas - Section 5 Transfer - where not all apartments have been sold

• NAMA as chargeholder:
  1. Practice note 2013
  2. Terms of Release letter
  3. Agreement to Furnish Release

• Non-MUDS Precedent Pre-Contract Enquiries - PDF
• Non-MUDs Precedent Pre-Contract Enquiries - Word

• Objections and Requisitions on Title (2015 Edition)
  1. Objections and Requisitions on Title 2015 Edition
  2. Explanatory Memorandum

• Pre-contract Questionnaires:
  1. Pre-Contract Questionnaire for Property Purchase
  2. Pre-Contract Questionnaire for Property Sale
  3. Pre-Contract Questionnaire for Property Sale - Sample Letter per question 2.9
• Record of Clients' Instructions on Stamp Duty (November 2015)
• Renunciation Pursuant to Section 17 of the Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1980 as Amended by Section 47 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008
• Renunciation under S.191 of Residential Tenancies Act 2004
• Requisitions on Title (2019 Edition)
  
  • Requisitions on Title – 2019 edition (fillable pdf)
  • Explanatory Memorandum to Requisitions on Title 2019
• Retention of Units in Apartment Development by Developer:
  1. Note on Form of Lease
  2. Declaration of Trust
  3. Assignment
  4. Exchange of Correspondence with Revenue
• Sample letters to Lenders for Resolving Delays in Furnishing Matters to Solicitors as Agreed Under the Certificate of Title System for Residential Mortgage Lending (2009 Edition)
• Section 238 Companies Act eZine article August 2016
• Section 238 Companies Act 2014 Specimen Certificates
• Section 72 Declaration in PDF
• Section 72 Declaration in Word
• Surveys – Client Memo PDF
• Surveys – Client Memo Word
• VAT:
  1. Pre-Contract VAT Enquiries (February 2014 Edition)
  2. Special Condition 3 (February 2014 Edition)
  3. February 2014 Practice Note

Family Law

• 2017 Family Law in Ireland Code of Practice (2017)
• My relationship has broken down. What options do I have
• Guidelines for Section 47 Reports (2019)

Flexible working

• Guide to Flexible Working

Finance/Accounts

• Guidance Notes for Solicitors on Anti-Money Laundering Obligations
• Joint Bank Accounts: Guidelines for Solicitors.
• Guidance: Office Account bank cheques - February 2013 and January 2014
• guidelines on computerised accounts packages.
• Legal Charges
• Manage accounts - top tips
• Money Laundering
• Ready Reckoner (estimate office running costs)
• Summary Sheet on the Criminal Justice Act 2013 (read in conjunction with text of the 2013 Act)

Miscellaneous

• 2017 Regulatory Guide for In-house Solicitors Employed in the Corporate and Public Sectors
• 2016 Qualifying Certificate guidance notes
• ADR Guide
• Civil Legal Aid in Ireland
• Company Law guide
• Computer Literacy high among Solicitors' Firms, Survey finds
• Dealing with District Court orders obtained by Revenue for client files
• Dealing with Revenue District Court Orders for Client Files
• Debt collection matters
• Enduring Powers of Attorney: Guidelines for Solicitors 
• Guidance for Solicitors Providing Legal Services in Garda Stations
• Guide for Solicitors Employed in the Corporate & Public Sector
• Guide to claiming refunds of money paid to a solicitor
• Guidelines to Solicitors Advertising Regulations
• Guidance - handle requests to access data held by a solicitor

Personal Injuries

• Personal injuries
• Booklet of Medico-Legal Recommendations
• Guidelines for solicitors dealing with Injuries Board claims.
• Manage critical dates
• Set up a critical dates register for personal injuries cases

Practice Matters

• Create an undertaking register
• Guide to Locum Arrangements
• How to use templates in Excel.
• How to use the Ready Reckoner
• Monitor work in progress
• Section 68 letters (no longer in use from 7 October 2019)
• Section 150 precedent letters (In operation since 7 October 2019)
• Set up an undertakings policy
• Solicitors Setting Up In Private Practice
• Summary of changes introduced by 2016 CPD Regulations.
• Terms of engagement letter

Practising Certificates

• 2017 Service of the State PC application form
• Guidance on backdating practising certificates
• Practising Certificate Guidance Notes

Professional Indemnity Insurance

• Orderly run-off of Elite Insurance Company Ltd 
• Common Proposal Form Guidelines 2014/15
• Guide to Renewal of PII (2010/2011)
• Guide to Renewal of PII 2011/12
• IAASA PII Regulations Guidance 2016
• PII Common Proposal Form Guidelines
• PII Guide to Renewal 2012/13
• PII Guide to Renewal 2013/14
• PII  Guide to Renewal 2014/15
• PII Guide to Renewal 2014/15
• PII Guide to Renewal 2019/20
• Changes to PII Regulations on 1 December 2009
• Changes to PII Regulations on 1 December 2009 - update

Recruitment

• Guide to Current Market Training Contracts
• Guide to Employment Legislation
• Induction & Training Guideline
• Performance Management Guideline
• Recruitment and Selection Guideline

Taxation

• 2013 Tax Guide
• 2014 Tax Guide
• 2015 Tax Guide
• 2016 Tax Guide
• 2017 Tax Guide
• 2018 Tax Guide
• 2019 Tax Guide 
• 2020 Tax Guide
• 2021 Tax Guide

Trainee Solicitors

• How to Become a Solicitor
• How to Become a Solicitor: Map
• Trainee Salary guide
• Training Contracts A guide for Training Solicitors

Wills

• Drafting Wills for the Elderly Client: Guidelines for Solicitors
• Making a Will
• Major procedural changes being introduced by Probate Office
• Wills - Client Instruction Sheet

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Matters relating to Practice

Anti-Money Laundering

• 2010 Guidance Notes for Solicitors on Anti-Money Laundering Obligations
• 2018 AML Guidance
• AML: Fraud Warning
• AML: Third party reliance & responsibility for CDD
• Anti-Money Laundering - fraud warning
• Anti-money laundering measures and existing clients
• Checklist of ‘Actions’ Recommended to Solicitors to Ensure Compliance with AML Obligations
• Fraud Warning for Solicitors
• Information about Part 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 2013
• Memorandum of Understanding between the Law Society of Ireland and The Department of Justice and Equality
• Money Laundering: Your Solicitor and You
• Sham Litigation: an Emerging Money Laundering Typology

Company Matters

• Constitution Prepared by Directors Converting
• Converting existing articles of association to a constitution of an LTD (Members)
• Draft Model Constitution
• New Companies Law - what you need to know
• Sample Memorandum and Articles of Association (for comparison)
• Suggested Form Resolutions

Courts

• Courts Service’s summary of main Court Fees (Feb. 2014)
• Dealing with District Court orders obtained by Revenue for client files
• Increase in court fees with effect from 10th April 2012
• Revised Court Fees – July 2013
• Seeking Judgment in the Office - Dublin Circuit Court only
• Summary of Revised Court Fees 2011

CPD Scheme

• CPD Record Cards

Foreign Lawyers / Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test (QLTT)

• 2016 QLTT Permitted Legislative Sources
• QLTT Cert of Eligibility and FAQs
• Application to the Law Society of Ireland (“the Society”) for registration as a lawyer who wishes to pursue the professional activities of a solicitor in the State
• Certificate of Admission form
• Certificate of Eligibility application form
• FAQs for Certificate of Eligiblilty applications
• QLTT application form
• Registered Lawyer Qualifying Certificate Application

IT/Case management

• BCL Ltd - updated January 2012
• Bytek Office Systems
• Documatics Ltd - updated January 2012
• Emit Solutions
• Enterprise Solutions
• eXpd8 - updated January 2012
• GC Technology
• Harvest Law - updated January 2012
• Hibernia  Evros
• IRIS - updated January 2012
• Keyhouse - updated January 2012
• Ledwidge IT
• Legal & General Software - updated January 2012
• Legal IT - updated January 2012
• Prosalis IRL Ltd
• Security advice from the Technology Committee – May 2013
• Some tips for getting more from your Computer Systems
• Trilogy

Miscellaneous

• A Guide for In-House Solicitors Employed in the Corporate and Public Sectors
• ADR Note on Grant v Minister for Communications Bye-Laws of Law Society of Ireland
• Compendium of Litigation FAQs
• Compensation Fund Claim Form
• Criminal Assets Bureau Acts 1996 and 2005
• Criminal Legal Aid Information and Forms for Solicitors
• Education Committee meeting dates and deadlines
• Electronic access to forms and precedents
• Enduring Power of Attorney Generator
• FAQs on Mediation in Disputes Arising in the Administration of Estates And Trusts
• Fast Track Procedure Accelerates Community Trade Mark (CTM) Applications
• Law Society of Ireland Charter
• Law Society summary of important provisions of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, as amended
• New protocol and undertaking here
• Patents Office - no faxes or cheques
• Precedent Mediation Agreement
• Preliminary Examination Syllabus
• Solicitors Acts Compendium
• Template Pension Adjustment Order (includes explanatory memorandum)

Practice Matters

• 2003 booklet on Partnership
• Setting-up in Practice booklet
• Administration of Estates checklist
• Administration of Estates leaflet
• Changes to Statutory Declarations 2008 - precedent standard forms of jurat
• Changes to the Inland Revenue Affidavit
• Commencement in Practice form
• Exercise of the powers of a Commissioner for Oaths by Practising Solicitors)
• Frequently Asked Questions on Reporting Accountant's Reports
• How to draft a Safety Statement
• GDPR 12 Steps
• Information for Employers on JobBridge the National Internship Scheme
• Information for Law Firms on websites
• Information for Law Firms On Direct Mail
• Information for Law Firms On Public Relations
• Information for Law Firms On Sponsorship
• Information for Law Firms On Stationery
• Information in Relation to Legal Charges
• Work Placement Programme
• Information on succeeding practices
• Letter of Disengagement
• Making a Will Brochure
• Minimum common risk management standard
• Notice of Closure Form
• Personal Assets Record/Client Asset List
• PIAB Precedents
• Precedent Employment Contract for Middle Management
• Precedent Settlement Agreement
• Precedent Staff Contract
• Quality Service
• Reporting Accountant’s Report 2014
• Reporting Accountant's Report & FAQ
• Reporting Accountants Report checklist
• Sample Dignity at Work Policy
• Sample Dignity at Work Policy - Covering Document
• Sample Disciplinary Policy
• Sample Grievance Policy
• Sample Maternity Protection Policy
• Sample Parental Leave Policy
• Sample Policy Health & Safety
• Sample Quality Service Statement
• Sample Reverse Supply Statement
• Solicitors Accounts Regulations 2014
• Terms and Conditions of Business (PDF) - October 2013
• Terms and Conditions of Business (Word) - October 2013
• Complaint Form
• Claims for refunds of money paid to a solicitor application form
• What to do when the CAB comes to call
• What you should do if officers from the Criminal Assets Bureau call to your office with a warrant

Practising Certificates (PC)

• PC application forms
• Ex-gratia refund application for un-expired portion of PC
• EFT payment form

Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII)

• PII forms and resources for current indemnity period
• PII resources for previous indemnity periods

Run-off Cover

• Run-off Cover - guidelines and other resources

 Traineeship / indentures

• Application for consent to enter into Indentures of Apprenticeship
• Application to enter into indentures of apprenticeship - Form 1
• Assignment of Indentures
• Certificate of Proposed Solicitor
• Certificate of proposed training solicitor form - Form 2
• Credit application form
• How I found my Training Contract
• Indentures of Apprenticeship (2009) Edition
• Indentures of Apprenticeship 2001
• Indentures of Apprenticeship 2009
• Moving Office: Sample letter to Education Committee
• Secondment: Sample letter frpm Trainee
• Statutory Declaration of Training Solicitor as to Service by Trainee Solicitor
• Student Data Protection Notice

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