The chief executive of the Legal Aid Board (LAB) has said it is clearly unhealthy for one barrister, Keith Farry, to be given the vast majority of personal insolvency cases by personal insolvency practitioners (PIPs), which are then funded by the state.
The board is considering using its powers to force PIPs to use other barristers.
Figures released last week following a parliamentary question by Catherine Murphy, the Social Democrats co-leader, revealed that Farry has been paid 98 per cent of fees 1.28 million of 1.31 million that the Legal Aid Board (LAB) has paid to barristers since 2016 under the personal insolvency arrangement scheme.
LAB has set aside another 1.6 million in fees for barristers involved in cases that have not
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