Lawyers clash over client transfer

TWO high-profile criminal lawyers clashed yesterday at Limerick District Court over the circumstances in which a client transferred his case from one firm to the other.

Ted McCarthy, who had been representing a Dublin man, Thomas Farrell with an address in Rialto, said his client came to his office the previous afternoon in a very drunken state.

Mr McCarthy said he had to have Mr Farrell removed due to his condition. Within half an hour, Mr McCarthy said he received a contact from the office of solicitor John Devane, saying they would now be representing Mr Farrell.