Legal Services Ombudsman Act 2009

Privilege in respect of certain matters.

18.— The following are absolutely privileged for the purposes of the law of defamation:

(a) the publication of any matter in a report by the Legal Services Ombudsman laid before either House of the Oireachtas for the purposes of this Act;

(b) the publication by the Legal Services Ombudsman—

(i) to a person mentioned in subsection (5) or (6) of section 22 of a notification sent to such person under either subsection,

(ii) to a person mentioned in section 29 of a statement sent to such person under that section,

(iii) to a person mentioned in subsection (4) of section 32 of a recommendation given to such person under that subsection, or

(iv) to a person mentioned in subsection (6) of section 32 of a direction given to such person under that subsection.