The Irish Times·4 min read·hard
Legal aid firm advised barristers to ask judges to routinely assign multiple solicitors to single client
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Ellen O’Riordan
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A Dublin law firm advised barristers to artificially split client charges across multiple solicitors to maximize legal aid payments. This practice, which was used to prevent revenue loss, has been scrutinized following recent reforms to the criminal legal aid system.
A law firm advised barristers to routinely ask judges to assign multiple solicitors to individual clients facing numerous charges, so that additional legal aid would be secured.
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