The coronavirus lockdown could serve as a catalyst for the introduction of long-overdue reforms in the court system, according to one of the State’s top personal injury solicitors. Mr O’Carroll is acting in the first remote hearing to be held in the High Court since the coronavirus lockdown began. Remote hearingsThe Courts Service began holding remote sittings of the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court earlier this month. He had a senior and a junior counsel sitting in his Cashel offices, and Ms Freeney was watching from her home. He pointed out that a number of cases he had been involved with over recent years had heard evidence remotely from experts based outside the State.

Source: The Irish Times April 30, 2020 23:01 UTC