Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 February 2014
Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed)
12:40 pm
Michael McNamara (Clare, Labour)
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Before we finish the final parts of the Bill, I feel obliged to bring this up at this stage. I was encouraged by what the Minister said just before the break. Will an amendment be included to the effect that any rule of law prohibiting either a barrister or a legal practitioner from instituting or prosecuting legal proceedings to recover professional fees owed to them is hereby abolished? The Minister said it was his intention to look into that aspect.