Shatter’s legal firm receives second-highest fees from CFA

The legal firm established by former justice minister Alan Shatter has received more than €660,000 in fees from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency (CFA), to date this year.

Shatter’s legal firm receives second-highest fees from CFA

According to data released by Tusla in response to a Freedom of Information request, the amount paid out to Dublin firm Gallagher Shatter Solicitors in the year to the end of December 17 totalled €669,423, including Vat.

The firm — which claims to be the first in the country to establish a separate family law unit — received the second-highest amount in legal fees this year from the CFA towards representing guardians ad litem in the family law proceedings.

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