Legal Aid Fees Dispute: “the Law Society takes the view that this matter should receive early and urgent priority”
As the BBC report, the President of the Law Society of Northern Ireland, Brian Speers, has called on the NI Justice Minister to make the resolution of the legal aid fees dispute “the day one priority for the minister when the assembly is reconvened.” The report also notes The Northern Ireland Court Service confirmed that 36 solicitors’ firms in Northern Ireland have stopped work on 60 cases in the past three weeks. And from the UTV report Mr Speers added: “The Minister needs …