1 million euro typo.

tech77

www.independent.ie/national-news/tribunal-lawyers-get-to-keep-83641m-paid-out-after-typing-error-1641120.html

Wow.
Might help with the "where has all the money gone" thread.

tech77

tech77 wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/tribunal-lawyers-get-to-keep-83641m-paid-out-after-typing-error-1641120.html

Wow.
Might help with the "where has all the money gone" thread.

Those coke sniffing bastards and we were blaming the banks.:mad:

minidazzler

2250 a Fcuking day?????


There are people living on less than that a month!!! My fcuk no wonder this country is in the sh1tter.

Diabhal Beag

Fail

minidazzler

Little Shyte wrote: »

Fail

Actually it's really win for the Lawyers.

ScumLord

If those lawyers don't give back the money no government organization should ever be allowed to use them again.

in any job i've worked in, if you got overpaid, you gave it back..


probably the worst people to overpay are solicitors, they'll jus get around it wit some legality

Turd Ferguson

Does anyone actually give a shit about these tribunals?
What is the point of them? Seriously, the country are spending millions on these and for what? The only people who want to keep these things going are those fuckers who are making 2,500 a day. It's just stupid.

biko

Mr Buckley estimated the final cost for the Mahon, Moriarty and Morris Tribunals could reach €434m, but the Government appears to believe the final bill will be higher.

Well, that's a couple of schools and nursing homes right there, into solicitors pockets.

S.I.R

minidazzler wrote: »

Actually it's really win for the Lawyers.

2250 a day ?


pre recession thats what any half decent Stroker was making


so why complain, if anything give the lads a round of applouse...


Nicely done boys.

evercloserunion

These guys were barristers and not solicitors. Solicitors AFAIK don't make anything near €2,500 a day, nor do most barristers for that matter. I think I heard somewhere that a partner in one of the top 5 Irish solicitor firms makes about €500,000 per year, a fair amount no doubt but not exactly as insane as the senior counsel in this case.

qz

evercloserunion wrote: »

These guys were barristers and not solicitors. Solicitors AFAIK don't make anything near €2,500 a day, nor do most barristers for that matter. I think I heard somewhere that a partner in one of the top 5 Irish solicitor firms makes about €500,000 per year, a fair amount no doubt but not exactly as insane as the senior counsel in this case.

Yes, it is definately feasible for a Senior to be making €2000 a day in a case, not necessarily one to do with a tribunal. Hourly rate for partners in big firms could be about €400-500 per hour for a consultation.

spoonbadger

S.I.R wrote: »

2250 a day ?


pre recession thats what any half decent Stroker was making


so why complain, if anything give the lads a round of applouse...


Nicely done boys.

No.

enda1

Why should they give it back or be forced to give it back?

They agreed on a price for services and everything was fine and dandy for 6 years!

You can't just turn around an say oh I meant to pay you less!

galwayrush

They should give back the 2000 euros a day they were over payed.:mad:
250 a day is enough for them.:P
Considering after all that cost, no one was prosecuted.
Perhaps the Fraud Squad and CAB should have been used instead. Much better value and far better results.

Sierra Oscar

No wonder we are broke, tbh.

trout

We can't really blame the banks for this one, or the global credit crunch.

Who is to blame here ? The person who made the typo, or the people who benefited from the typo and kept their mouths shut ?

You'd want some neck on you to keep quiet about that money for so long ... how is that different from stealing ?

ScumLord

enda1 wrote: »

Why should they give it back or be forced to give it back?

They agreed on a price for services and everything was fine and dandy for 6 years!

You can't just turn around an say oh I meant to pay you less!

Well the thing is the state is a very good customer, a mistake was made and if they value the states custom they should give back the money as they probably knew they where being paid to much.

The state should fight to get value for money when it comes to these kind of senseless wastes of money.