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The Irish Times reports this morning that, between August 2013 and October 2014, Irish Water spent almost €5.2million on legal fees. This bill included:

€3.6million to A&L Goodbody
€81,000 to Arthur Cox and Company
€46,411.95 to Mason Hayes and Curran
€1.3million to McCann Fitzgerald

Ruadhán MacCormaic, in the Irish Times this morning, reports:

“The total spend on lawyers’ fees is equivalent to one-third of the annual budget of the Office of the Attorney General, which provides legal advice to all Government departments…The figures on legal spending come at a time of increasing optimism among Dublin’s biggest law firms about their business prospects.”

Right so.

Irish Water spends more than €81,000 a week in legal fees (Ruadhaán MacCormaic, Irish Times)

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(Johnnny Duhan, top, and performing his song The Voyage with Christy Moore, above)

…Mr Duhan alleged Mr McGarr acted unprofessionally to him in refusing to disclose the exact costs involved when both defendants offered a settlement of €50,000 in 2008.
He described himself as “outraged” to be told by Mr McGarr’s son Simon in March 2008 that the costs of the “all-in settlement” could be €50,000, leaving him with nothing.

Oh.

Singer’s solicitor found guilty of misconduct (Irish Times)

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This time last year, it was revealed that NAMA had spent €27,550,000 on legal expenses in the first two years of operation, with the State’s biggest law firm Arthur Cox trousering €3,070,000 of that.

A mere drop in the ocean, friends…

Fees of some €70 million have been paid by Nama, the Department of Finance and two other State bodies for legal advice and services connected to the banking crisis.
An analysis of figures from the department, the National Treasury Management Agency, the National Pension Reserve Fund and Nama shows the State’s largest law firm Arthur Cox was paid some €32 million of this figure since 2008. The firm has provided advice on matters such as the bank guarantee, the restructuring and recapitalisation of the banks and the establishment of Nama.

Yikes.

Bank crisis legal advice cost State €70m (Stephen Carroll, Irish Times)

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THE STATE paid out €5.8 million in compensation and legal costs from claims against gardaí by members of the public last year for alleged assaults, unlawful arrests and other breaches of people’s rights, new figures show.

…Legal fees accounted for the majority of costs and totalled €4.9 million, according to figures released under the Freedom of Information Act. Awards and settlements represented just over €900,000.

 

Legal fees account for €4.9m of €5.8m in payouts on claims (Irish Times)

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THE NATIONAL Asset Management Agency has spent €27.55 million on legal expenses since it was established just over two years ago, with the Dublin-based law firm Arthur Cox the highest paid to date.

A total of €16.46 million was expended on legal fees to Irish and international firms last year, €9.75 million in 2010, and more than €1.35 million so far this year.

Arthur Cox, the State’s biggest law practice, has received €3.07 million from Nama so far; €1.9 million in 2010 and €1.16 million in 2011.

The international legal firm Hogan Lovells has earned €2.93 million to date. The London practice Allen Overy received €2.47 million.

Nice work. More to come.

Nama runs up €27.5m legal bill in two years (Irish Times)