People appointed by the Government to State boards must be vetted by the Oireachtas, the Dáil heard today.

A GOVERNMENT watchdog will allow dissatisfied clients seek a review of how their complaints against solicitors and barristers were investigated.

SOLICITORS who are late in filing their annual accountant’s report are increasingly likely to face disciplinary measures, the Law Society of Ireland has warned.

LAST November Taoiseach Bertie Ahern expressed his dissatisfaction with the legal profession’s self-regulation. The system does not work and a new one is necessary, he admitted to the Dáil.

TWO Co Mayo solicitors have been fined a total of €50,000 after being found guilty of professional misconduct by the Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal for accounting irregularities which were described as “systematic off-the-books trading”.

A LOT of people will struggle to feel any genuine sense of sympathy for the banks embroiled in the three divisions of the High Court and the Commercial Court as they try to recover some of the €100 million used by two solicitors in a property scam.

SOME lawyers may be trying to overcharge army deafness claimants, it was revealed yesterday.

Some lawyers may be trying to overcharge army deafness claimants, it was claimed today.

A former health board chief and a solicitor were among six Northern Ireland judicial appointments today.