Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald has said long-awaited legislation to reform the legal profession will be in place by the end of the year. However the Legal Services Regulation Bill, originally published by former minister for justice Alan Shatter nearly four years ago, is a diluted version of the original. So far there have been 235 amendments – and it will be subject to more changes before it is signed into law. The Bill was drafted following a 2010 memorandum of understanding with the EU and the International Monetary Fund. Its aim was to introduce independent regulation and implement recommendations around transparency and competition made by the Competition Authority and the...
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