{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/633c1060ee21490012381e3f/6a0b4067cdab12b21c9cd265?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"E148 The Fifth Court - Peter Shanley SC -Barristers Direct, legal access & barristers as entrepreneurs","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/633c1060ee21490012381e3f/1779122192946-a779d1fb-0ef3-47af-836d-dc1792c74888.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Episode 148, The Fifth Court</p><p>Peter Shanley SC on Barristers Direct, legal access and barristers becoming entrepreneurs</p><p><br></p><p>Peter Leonard BL and Mark Tottenham BL are joined by Peter Shanley SC, founder of Barristers Direct.</p><p>Peter explains how changes under the Legal Services Regulation Act opened the door to direct access to barristers in non-contentious matters, why Barristers Direct was created, and how the service works for individuals, companies, in-house counsel and solicitors.</p><p>He also talks family legal dynasty, rugby, the late Peter Shanley, direct access, AI note-taking, probate, employment law, defamation, and why solicitors may actually benefit from the service.</p><p><br></p><p>The Decisis.ie case-law section, sponsored by Charlton Solicitors &amp; Collaborative Practitioners of George’s Street, Dún Laoghaire, covers:</p><p>A suspended trade union member allowed to contest an Executive Council election</p><p>A Hague Convention child-return case involving Ireland and Poland</p><p>Citizenship refusals based on historic criminal convictions</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Peter Leonard BL Mark Tottenham BL"}