Multi-disciplinary legal practices to be reviewed

Coalition clashes over legal reforms have resulted in a six-month delay for a key aspect of the changes.

The long stalled Legal Services Bill 2011 was allowed to move forward by the Cabinet after Labour was promised a review regarding multi-disciplinary practices (MDPs), where solicitors and barristers work out of the same office.

The MDPs have been a source of running tension between Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore and the Justice Minister, Alan Shatter.