Basis for statements concerning the Irish legal services market made in Document COM(2014) 408 final

La demande est réussie.

Dear Economic and Financial Affairs (ECFIN),

BACKGROUND

In paragraph 16 of the preamble to the Commission's "Recommendation
for a Council Recommendation on Ireland’s 2014 national reform
programme and delivering a Council opinion on Ireland’s 2014
stability programme" COM(2014) 408 final the European Commission made
several statements concerning the costs of legal services in
Ireland namely:

1./ The cost of enforcing contracts is high. Lawyer fees represent
the majority of these costs, at 18.8 pp

2./ unlike for other professional services, legal services costs
have failed to adjust downwards since the onset of the crisis, in
part due to insufficient competition.

3./ Judicial and court administrative resources to implement active
pre-trial case management are very limited, which may be
contributing to delays in the delivery of justice and raise costs;
and

4./ there are significant gaps in Ireland's ability to collect data
on the quality and efficiency of the justice system.

REQUEST

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as
developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which
contain the following information:

The basis and evidence under which the European Commission made
each of the statements concerning the Irish legal services market
as outlined in points 1-4 above.

Yours faithfully,

Simon McGarr
McGarr Solicitors
12 Citygate
Lower Bridge Street
Dublin 8

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Dear Sir,
 
Thank you for your e-mail dated 04/06/2014.  We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered on
04/06/2014 under reference number GestDem 2014/2659.
 
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, your application
will be handled within 15 working days. The time limit will expire on
26/06/2014. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.
 
Yours faithfully,
 
S. van Ackere
Policy officer
 
European Commission
Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs
R.4: Evaluation, internal control, business continuity and document
management

 
 
 
 
 
 

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Dear Sir,
We refer to your e-mail dated 04/06/2014 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 04/06/2014 under the above mentioned
reference number.
Please find attached our reply.
Yours faithfully,
S. van Ackere
Policy officer
 
European Commission
Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs
R.4: Evaluation, internal control, business continuity and document
management

 
 
 
 
 
 

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