Solicitors in dispute over legal aid payments tell Cork court they 'cannot act' for defendants

All cases were adjourned on Monday pending settlement of dispute with minister for justice

Cork Circuit Criminal Court also sat on Monday at the courthouse on Anglesea Street and all cases were adjourned. Picture: Larry Cummins

Solicitors in dispute with the minister for justice over pending changes to free legal aid payments were present at Cork District Court on Monday but said in case after case they were not in a position to act for defendants.

Cork Circuit Criminal Court also sat on Monday at the courthouse on Anglesea Street and all cases were adjourned. Barristers who receive their instructions from solicitors in criminal cases told Judge Helen Boyle as each case was called that they [the barristers] had no instructions.