Competition body extends deadline

THE Competition Authority has extended the deadline for submissions on its preliminary report on the legal profession to June 30, 2005.

This decision was made following requests from a number of groups, including the Bar Council, the Law Society and the King’s Inns.

The Competition Authority published its preliminary report on competition issues associated with legal services in Ireland at the end of February.

The original date for submissions was April 28, 2005. The deadline is being extended in order to give all parties more time to frame their responses, but also because the authority believes this will give the relevant bodies time to make decisions on concrete proposals in response to the report.