Sean Barrett (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I worry about subsection (5) and the Chinese walls. There are some law and accounting firms in this city of which it is said that there are so many Chinese walls that there are rickshaws parked outside. The subsection provides that a legal practitioner who is a partner in, or an employee of, a multidisciplinary practice shall not in the provision by him or her of legal services for a client disclose the affairs of the client to a partner or employee of the practice who is not engaged in the provision of legal services to that client without the express consent of the client. There will be the coffee corner and the drinks fountain, so there is a risk there. I agree with Senator Ó Clochartaigh on this.