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Striking solicitors are hoping that a proposal by the Law Society to the Minister for Justice that an independent arbitrator be appointed to try to break the ongoing impasse which is grinding the District Courts to a virtual standstill.

“IN England, justice is open to all—like the Ritz Hotel.” This pithy quote, attributed to Victorian-era judge Sir James Mathew, was made to highlight the fact that the law and the Ritz were open to all in theory but, in practice, only the rich could afford them. The quote, often misattributed to Mathew’s compatriot George Bernard Shaw, seems appropriate as the current controversy surrounding our criminal legal aid system – which saw criminal practitioners strike in Tuam Court last Tuesday – rolls on.

MYSTERY remains over the identity of a man brought before Galway District Court on drug and criminal damage charges. He insists he is a US citizen, demands an American lawyer to represent him and told the court he wasn’t concerned over the length of any prison sentence imposed as the American Embassy would send him home.

Fresh from its launch at the Galway Film Fleadh, a documentary on the professional life of lawyer and Ireland’s first female head of state, Mary Robinson, will go on general release on Friday, August 23.

BY OISÍN FLORES SWEENEY

The controversial US film maker Michael Moore once said the purpose of art is to make you feel uncomfortable, “or at least to go to that place that's already of discomfort inside you, and tap into that.”

The annual Irish law awards event is due to take place on June 9 at the Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road, Dublin. The awards, sponsored by Dye & Durham Corporation, seek to identify, honour and publicise the outstanding achievements of lawyers regionally and nationally.

Week VI

Extract from Chapter 1

BEN O’GORMAN