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Courts could be swamped after police record lawyer phone calls
Revelations that the Irish police, the Garda, have taped calls of client-lawyer conversations made from their stations could fill the criminal and civil courts for years, say lawyers.
Evidence of Irish police tapping calls of client-lawyer conversations could tie up courts. digieye
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Lawyers across Ireland have been trying to get clarification of the situation. The Irish prime minister, the Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, has promised a Commission of Investigation. Over 2,500 tape recordings have been collected - but it is not clear which Garda stations were involved and whether they routinely or spasmodically made recordings.
Reviews of cases
Dara Robinson, a partner in Sheehan and Partners solicitors, said the revelations were ‘simply staggering’, according to the Belfast Telegraph. Lawyers will be seeking reviews of cases where conversations took place were lawyers and which then might have been listened to by the police. Source: Belfast Telegraph and Irish Times.
