Gary Matthews Solicitors

The combined impact of the pandemic and increased financial pressure on individuals and households has exacerbated the “ongoing crisis of unmet legal need in this country”, the head of legal rights group FLAC has warned.

Writing in the foreword to FLAC’s annual report for 2021, FLAC chief executive Eilis Barry said the “overwhelming demand for legal information, advice and advocacy continued to exceed our resources, despite the addition of new staff, further resources and expertise”.

The report was launched this morning at an event addressed by Chief Justice Donal O’Donnell, who said FLAC “has established itself as an institution, and an invaluable one, which over the course of its history has campaigned for change, protected the weak, challenged the strong and educated us all”.

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https://www.irishlegal.com/articles/stark-warning-over-crisis-of-unmet-legal-need-in-ireland

The US Supreme Court has ended the right to abortion in a seismic ruling that shreds half a century of constitutional protections on one of the most divisive and bitterly fought issues in American political life.

The conservative-dominated court overturned the 1973 Roe v Wade ruling that recognised a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion and legalised it nationwide.

To read the full story please visit:
https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2022/0624/1306718-supreme-court/

For the first time in Irish legal history more female lawyers than male have been added to the ranks of senior counsel.

Twenty women and 14 men made the latest list of lawyers to be granted “patents of precedence”.

Patents are granted by the Government on the advice of an advisory committee which includes the presidents of the superior courts and the Attorney General.

The committee does not distinguish between applicants’ genders when making recommendations.

However, senior counsel lists have historically been dominated by male lawyers, in part due to a higher number of applications from men.

To read the full story please visit:
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/legal-history-made-as-more-women-than-men-granted-top-lawyer-titles-41784538.html