Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006
Public bill · Government · Presented
Creates an independent Legal Services Ombudsman to review how the Law Society and Bar Council handle complaints, while allowing compensation for poor legal services to rise to €3,000. It also modernises court procedures, including videoconferencing, and updates rules on juries, gaming machines, business tenancies, bankruptcy, statutory declarations and inheritance.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the appointment and functions of a Legal Services Ombudsman; to provide for videoconferencing in civil proceedings; to amend the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961, the Courts of Justice Act 1936, the Courts Service Act 1998, the Courts Act 1971, the Court Officers Act 1945, the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851, the Solicitors Act 1954 and the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994, the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956, the Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1980, the Statutory Declarations Act 1938, the Juries Act 1976, the Bankruptcy Act 1988 and the Succession Act 1965; and to provide for related matters
Last updated 12 April 2018
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- Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: From the Seanad. Dáil
- Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages Seanad
- Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Committee Stage. Seanad
- Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage. Seanad
- Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Order for Report Stage. Dáil
- Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage. Dáil
- Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. Dáil
- Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Referral to Select Committee. Dáil
- Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). Dáil
- Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Referral to Select Committee. Dáil
- Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). Dáil
- Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). Dáil
- Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Order for Second Stage. Dáil
- Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage. Dáil