The Gazette 1996

VOL. 90 NO. 4

JUNE 1996

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Practice Notes

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Viewpoint 133 The first Interim Report of The Working Group on a Courts Commission recommends the establishment of an independent Courts Service.

Homebond Protection - Stage Payments; Residential Property Tax - Clearance Certificates.

Legislation Update

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Medi awatch

Recent Acts and Statutory Instruments are listed.

Ken Murphy discusses how lawyers are depicted on TV programmes, and how their characterisation reflects on real life lawyers.

People and Places

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Apprentices Take on The World! 151 Stephanie Kennedy reports on the recent participation of a team of apprentices in The World Semi-finals of The Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

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Domestic Violence Act 1996

Joan O'Mahony examines the new protective measures contained in The Domestic Violence Act, 1996. Education of Solicitors for the New Millennium 139 Proposals for a new Law School building and a new Higher Diploma in Professional Legal Practice are outlined.

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Resolving Complaints about Solicitors The role of the Society and what a solicitor can do to help.

Book Reviews 156 Religion, Morality and Policy; Company Structures; Concise Guide to European Patents; European Patent Materials and Index; European Patent System: the Law and Practice of The European Patent Convention; Milk Quotas, European Community and United Kingdom Law; Termination of Employment Statutes; Setting Up and Managing a Small Practice.

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Lawbrief

Dr. Eamonn Hall considers Employer's Liability for stress caused to employees.

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News

New Objections and Requisitions on Title, p. 142; AIB Law Challenge, p. 143; Report on Law Society Annual Conference, p. 146; In-house Solicitors Newsbrief, p. 155; Obituaries, p. 160. Solicitors Benevolent Association Geraldine Pearse, Secretary of the SBA describes the activities of the Association.

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Correspondence

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Professional Information

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Notices concerning lost land certificates, lost wills, lost title deeds, miscellaneous advertising and employment notices.

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