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OVERVIEW OF LEGAL SERVICES REGULATION BILL 2011

OVERVIEW OF LEGAL SERVICES REGULATION BILL 2011. Sorcha Hayes Practice Regulation Manager. LEGAL SERVICES REGULATION AUTHORITY. INFORMAL RESOLUTION OF INADEQUATE LEGAL SERVICES & EXCESSIVE FEES COMPLAINTS. Bill of costs must be excessive in a material respect

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OVERVIEW OF LEGAL SERVICES REGULATION BILL 2011

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  1. OVERVIEW OFLEGAL SERVICES REGULATION BILL 2011 Sorcha Hayes Practice Regulation Manager

  2. LEGAL SERVICES REGULATION AUTHORITY

  3. INFORMAL RESOLUTION OF INADEQUATE LEGAL SERVICES & EXCESSIVE FEES COMPLAINTS

  4. Bill of costs must be excessive in a material respect • Authority may invite complainant & legal practitioner to make efforts to resolve matter in an informal manner, including referral to mediation or other form of dispute resolution • Where the dispute is resolved the client cannot thereafter be entitled to seek adjudication of bill of costs under Part 10 of Act • If the Authority feels that the dispute cannot be informally resolved, it can conclude the dispute resolution process

  5. MISCONDUCT COMPLAINTS & LEGAL PRACTITIONERS DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL

  6. LEGAL PARTNERSHIPS DIRECT PROFESSIONAL ACCESS MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PRACTICES

  7. LEGAL COSTS

  8. LEGAL COSTS “Legal costs” means fees, charges, disbursements or other cost incurred or charged in relation to contentious or non-contentious business and includes: • The costs of or arising out of any cause or matter in any court • Any costs which are the subject of an order made by an arbitral tribunal in accordance with section 21(4) of the Arbitration Act 2010 for the adjudication of costs by a Legal Costs Adjudicator • The costs of a receiver appointed in any cause or matter, on the application of the receiver or of any party to the cause or matter • Costs that arise from an inquiry, investigation, or other proceeding conducted under an enactment, and • The cost of registering judgments as mortgages, of obtaining grants of probate and of letters of administration, of satisfying judgments , and any other costs usually adjudicated ex parte.

  9. LEGAL COSTS ACCOUNTANT “Legal costs accountant” means a person who has regularly participated in the preparation and presentation of bills of costs for taxation or, as the case may be, adjudication of legal costs and has regularly attended before a Taxing-Master on the taxation or, as the case may be, a Legal Costs Adjudicator on an adjudication, of such bills of costs

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