The Gazette 1992

MAY 1992

VOL.86 NO.4

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Viewpoint

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People and Places

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While reforms on personal injury claims are awaited, there are clearly significant conflicts between various interests which will be difficult to reconcile. President's Message As the demands on the Law Society's education system increase, Law Society President, Adrian Bourke, queries whether apprenticeship in its present form is in fact a necessary vehicle to train young solicitors. 132 Eamonn Hall reports on: the top Firms in Ireland and the UK; drunk driving - shock can be a reasonable excuse for failure to give a specimen; the right to sue for pre-birth harm. Law Society Annual Conference Berlin 135 The 280 delegates who attended the Law Society Conference Berlin on the theme "Lawyers in Business in Europe", heard about the challenges posed by German unification and opportunities for foreign lawyers. The Building Control Act 1990 137 Joan Fagan and John Furlong explain the contents of the Building Control Act, 1990 and the new Building Control Regulations. Book Reviews This month our reviewers examine recent publications: Religion, Education and the Constitution; Family Finance; A Company Purchasing its own Shares; LRC Report on the Reform of the Civil Law of Defamation. 131 Law Brief

Practice Notes 147 Milk quota leases; The Registry of Deeds (Fees) Order, 1991; Stamp duty amnesty. Registration of Charges, Foreign Companies and The Flavenburg File 157 Thomas B. Courtney discusses the registration of charges over property in Ireland by a foreign company which is registered under the laws of another country.

Waterford Solicitor Sails Atlantic

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Colin Chapman will sail in the 1992 "Europe 1" single handed transatlantic yacht race in aid of the Irish Cancer Society.

Correspondence

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Copyright - is the law very much the same in Ireland as in the UK? Compensation Fund - is the price too high? Drunken driving penalties from one hundred years ago.

Technology Notes

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Michael Moran writes about the computerisation programme currently underway in the Patents Office.

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Professional Information

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Lost land certificates, lost wills, employment and miscellaneous notices.

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approval by the Law Society for the product or service advertised. Published at Blackhall Place, Dublin 7. Telephone 710711 Tfelex: 31219 Fax: 710704. Front Cover: At the Law Society Annual Conference in Berlin were 1-r: Harold Whelehan SC, Attorney General; Dr. Ingo Kober, State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Justice Germany; and Adrian P. Bourke, President, Law Society. 127

Editor: Barbara Cahalane Editorial Board: Eamonn G. Hall, (Chairman) Maeve Hayes, (Vice Chairman) John F. Buckley Gerard Griffin Elma Lynch Justin McKenna Michael V. O'Mahony Noel C. Ryan Eva Tobin