IN NOVEMBER of 2010 the Law Society of Ireland established a task force to consider whether or not existing guidance and regulations relating to solicitors acting for both vendor and purchaser in property transactions were adequate to protect the public interest and to make any appropriate recommendations. It was chaired by Catherine Treacy, former chief […]
Property restriction for solicitors agreed
THE COUNCIL of the Law Society has voted to ban solicitors from acting for both sides in a property transaction. The new regulation, which will make it a disciplinary offence to act for both sides, will come into force next January. This follows the consideration of an extensive report on the issue by a taskforce, […]