Barristers
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Enough to make Curls Stand on End: Fee Recovery and the Junior Bar, 1862-present
From the Roscommon & Leitrim Gazette, 5 February 1876: “The normal calm of the ‘Coffee-Room,’ that veritable place of ‘refreshers,’ was somewhat disturbed by an occurrence of an unprecedented character, so far as the Four Courts of our days are… Continue reading
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State Trial Implodes as Attorney General Challenges Opposing Counsel to Duel, 1844
From the Sun (London), 1 February 1844: “The Irish State trials were resumed on Tuesday, when Mr Fitzgibbon QC, appearing for Mr Gray, said that the doctrine of conspiracy, as laid down by the Attorney-General, was that it was a… Continue reading
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Malpractices of the Senior Bar, 1862
From the King’s County Chronicle, 5 March 1862, an impressive editorial diatribe against the then practice of Irish Queen’s Counsel accepting multiple briefs for the same day while asserting the right to retain all fees paid in advance, even where… Continue reading
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Irish Free State Prosecuting Barrister Kidnapped, Tarred and Tied to Railings Outside Arbour Hill Prison, 1934
From the Irish Independent, 8 December 1934: “Mr PJ McEnery, the well-known Dublin barrister, who has appeared for the State in recent cases tried by the Military Tribunal, was the victim of a startling affair last night. While on his… Continue reading
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Visiting English Barrister Mistakes Free State Detectives for Gunmen, 1923
From the Belfast News-Letter, 11 December 1923: “SCENE IN DUBLIN HOTEL – LONDON BARRISTER THOUGHT DETECTIVES WERE GUNMEN Described as a barrister, Frederick Ritters, London, was in the Dublin police courts yesterday charged with obstructing two detectives in the execution… Continue reading