Identity area
Reference code
IE DCUA C2/3/1/1
Title
Documents and correspondence relating to legal reform.
Date(s)
- [1974]-2007 (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
9 items
Context area
Name of creator
(1881-1954)
Name of creator
(1919-1992)
Name of creator
(1951-)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Includes report titled ‘Free Legal Aid Scheme as proposed by Socialist Law Group’ written by Colum Kenny for the Pringle Committee on Legal Aid following a 1974 visit to the USA and Canada to research legal aid there; petition to King’s Inns proposing the change of its motto 'Nolumus Mutari' ('We do not wish to change' or 'We do not wish to be changed'); a rejection by the benchers Standing Committee of this proposal; and printouts and a newspaper cutting relating to a finding by the Competition Authority that the Irish legal profession was in need of reform.