LONG-AWAITED legislation and the recommendations of a 2005 report which investigated ways of reducing legal costs may finally be put into practice under the Government’s four-year rescue plan for the economy.

THE Bar Council and the Law Society have given a cautious welcome to Government plans to change the way solicitors and barristers charge for their work.

THE Government has given approval for major reforms to tackle high legal costs and give people dealing with barristers and solicitors better value for money.