LAWYERS will in future be required to furnish more transparent, streamlined and consumer-friendly costs estimates to clients, an expert group will recommend today.

LAWYERS representing the Minister for Justice, the Garda Commissioner and other members of the force at the Morris Tribunal have been paid almost €5 million in legal fees over the past four years.

LAWYERS for the only man jailed for the killing of student Brian Murphy outside Club Anabel at Dublin’s Burlington Hotel in August 2000 submitted yesterday that some of the statements of his co-accused were highly prejudicial to him and went well beyond the prosecution’s case against him.

LAWYERS will be paid at a much reduced rate if tribunals drag on longer than dates announced yesterday by the Government.