Barrister’s bid for hearing in European Court is dismissed

Barrister Alan Toal is set to be brought before a legal disciplinary tribunal after the High Court dismissed his bid to have his case heard in the European Court of Justice (ECJ) last week.

Toal initiated a legal challenge to the authority of the King’s Inns and the Bar Council of Ireland when a disciplinary committee found he was in breach of the barristers’ code of conduct.

This occurred in 2012, after a ...