About the Institute


Introduction

The profession of Legal Costs Accountancy has a long and honourable tradition in Ireland with Legal Costs Accountants appearing before Taxing Masters of the High Court, the County Registrars of the Circuit Court, the District, Circuit and High Courts, Arbitrators and Tribunals and has a history as old as the legal profession itself.

 

The Institute of Legal Costs Accountants is the self-governing regulatory body for the Legal Costs Accounting profession in Ireland. Members of the profession were formerly represented by the Association of Legal Cost Accountants going back to the 1950s. In 1997, following on the encouragement of the then Chief Justice, the late Honourable Mr. Justice Liam Hamilton, the Association became the Institute of Legal Costs Accountants in 1997 and since then has been the representative body of its members.


 


  • To provide a body which will do all such things as may be necessary to establish, maintain and advance the status and interest of the profession of Legal Costs Accountants
  • To provide for the regulation and protection of the Institute’s members in the course of the practice of the profession
  • To make regulations concerning eligibility for membership of the Institute of Legal Cost Accountants and the status of membership
  • To establish educational requirements for admission to membership of the Institute of Legal Costs Accountants and the further continued practice development of the members
  • To make rules and regulations governing membership and conduct of members of the Institute

The officers and members of the Council are elected at the Annual General Meeting of the Institute of Legal Costs Accountants.


The officers of the Institute are:


•  The President

•  The secretary

•  The treasurer


The Council comprises six members from Fellows and Associates of the Institute, all holding office for a period of one year and subject to re-election each with no maximum term.

The Institute’s Educational Committee is responsible for creating and maintaining a syllabus for the education of student members of the Institute.  Several lectures a year are held as arranged by the Educational Committee.  The Educational Committee also sets annual examinations for the student members and is responsible for the correction of examination papers.

Institute members are encouraged to maintain their Continued Professional Development and to attend suitable courses annually.  There is an obligation on members of the Institute to maintain their CPD.  The Institute where possible may hold annual seminars as part of the CPD programme.

The Institute is also responsible for any disciplinary issues concerning members of the Institute.  The Institute's Disciplinary Committee is responsible for and has the power to consider all complaints and if the Committee is of the opinion that there is a prima facia case to answer, an investigation will be conducted.  Each party to the complaint will be given the opportunity to address the Committee and where it is found that a member of guilty of any particular offence, where appropriate, the Committee is empowered to impose sanction(s) per the Institute's guidelines.

The Institute maintains a directory of its members.  This directory can be accessed on the appropriate page of this website.  While every effort will be made to keep the directory updated members are asked to advise the secretary in the event of any changes pertaining to their details.


The Institute of Legal Costs Accountants is the body representing and governing its members, the Institute itself is not in a position to offer any advice to persons relating to matters of Legal Costs.  Any such queries should be directed to a practising member of the Institute of Legal Costs Accountants and in this connection you are referred to our members directory.

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