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Keith Walsh solicitor keith@kwsols.ie writes:

These guidelines are not specific legal advice but best practice and I hope you find them useful

Helpful guidance has today Sunday 5th April 2020 been issued by the Law Society, Bar Council of Ireland [barristers] and Family Lawyers Association of Ireland [FLA] in relation to best practice for access in current lockdown writes Keith Walsh solicitor who is a member of Child and Family Law Committee of the Law Society and member of the FLA's Covid 19 Response Steering Group

Keith Walsh is a member of the Child and Family Law Committe of the Law Society of Ireland, what follows is an extract from their recently released best practice guidelines for access

3 step guide to PROTECTING YOURSELF FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DURING COVID-19

Keith Walsh is a family law solicitor and author of Divorce and Judicial Separation Proceedings in the Circuit Court:A Guide to Order 59 published by Bloomsbury Professional in 2019. He is the immediate past chairman of the Law Society’s Family and Child Law Committee.

IRISH INDEPENDENT 2nd May 2019

Our Keith Walsh welcomes this recent announcement by Minister for Justice that referendum to reduce waiting time for Divorce will be held at the end of May 2019.

Woman loses bid to get support from ex-fiancé after two lengthy splits February 2019

Dublin solicitor Keith Walsh, chair of the Law Society of Ireland’s child and family law committee, writes for Irish Legal News on the government’s announcement of a divorce referendum in May 2019. The confirmation by Ministers Flanagan and Madigan that the referendum to reduce the waiting time for divorce is to go ahead at the end of May 2019 finally brings Irish divorce law into the 21st century and marks a very humane approach to this complex area of law.