Time to Open Courts and Let Justice be seen: A Discussion of Transparency in the Irish Courts and the (Pending) Legal Services Regulation Bill

Abstract:     
This is an Opinion Editorial for The Irish Independent, the largest circulating newspaper of record in Ireland. It was published on August 22, 2012 in hard copy.

Opening: If a party’s barrister goes to court and makes an argument, you get to hear what the barrister says. You get to show up and listen to the proceedings. With a few exceptions, justice, in Ireland, is administered in public. However, if that same barrister reduces his argument to a written form and sends his legal submission to the judge and his opponent, then you do not get to see that document (even if you offer to pay for a copy!). Does that make sense? You know it doesn’t.

Seth Barrett Tillman, Op-Ed, Time to Open Courts and Let Justice be seen, THE IRISH INDEPENDENT, August 22, 2012, at A14.

Citations include:
Terrence Berres, Open records over there, MILWAUKEE FEDERALISTS (Sept. 2, 2012, 6:00 AM)

Links – 23 August, 2012, THE BOOK MARK CHRONICLES (Aug. 23, 2012)

Paul MacMahon, Public Access to Irish Court Documents, EX TEMPORE (Aug. 23, 2012, 8:40 AM)

Rossa McMahon, We can’t all access the courts. We should at least have access to court documents, A CLATTER OF THE LAW (Aug. 23, 2012)

Eoin O’Dell, Open justice and access to court documents, CEARTA (Aug. 23, 2012, 12:15 PM)

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Keywords: transparency, courts, Ireland

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