Law Society: Bill will cause delays in hearing of cases

The Law Society has expressed “grave concerns” that proposals to increase the limit over the jurisdictions of the two lower courts will lead to huge delays unless extra resources are put in place.

The Government plans to increase the limit over the jurisdictions of the district court and circuit court from €6,350 to €15,000, and from €38,000 to €75,000 (with a lower limit of €60,000 for personal injury cases) respectively.

Law Society president James McCourt said the society had welcomed proposals, but only if the “inevitable extra workload” that resulted was counter-balanced by a similar increase in resources.