Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 4 July 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion
9:00 am
Dr. Don Thornhill:
There is huge complexity. Aside altogether from some people seeing a change of this type as the end of civilisation as they know it - others see it as presenting great opportunities - there are prohibitions on barristers holding money on behalf of clients. With a unified profession, people who today are acting in what we consider to be a barrister role might, in fact, also be holding clients' money.