Full coverage: Justice Michael Twomey

While hundreds of thousands of euros in legal fees are obviously in the financial interests of lawyers, Justice Michael Twomey noted — that means the person suffering because of the enormous cost of discovery is the citizen who has to pay the huge fees involved.

Ireland has fewer judges per head of population than any other EU state. A recent Commercial Court judgment considers the deficient resourcing of the justice system and how far the courts should go in plugging the gaps.