lawyers advertising

mountainyman

what would be the legal position of something like Injury Lawyers for You or the National Accident Helpline setting up in Ireland?

Victor

There are rules, I suspect by the Law Society as to what a solicitor can advertise. I understand this includes a prohibition on (a) creating a complaint where none existed or (b) promoting a personal injury claim.

I don't think barristers can advertise to the public.

I wonder if there is scope for a person without legal training to set up such a service.

Our man in Havana

I would see no problem with a civilian setting up a service like "National Accident Helpline" so long as it was merely a redirection service where they just took details and forwarded these to unnamed solicitors that then contact the client to take instructions.

Tom Young

One would need to be aware about Cartel issues and Competition Law in such an arrangement.

johnfás

The Law Society did some adverts in the newspapers a while ago. They had cartoons in them highlighting different scenarios with the moral of the story being they should have talked to a solicitor.

They were seen as the Society testing the law in this area... that's according to my lecturer anyway...