The Gazette 1994

GAZETTE

APRIL 1994

N E W S

Young Sol i c i tors Spr i ng Con f e r ence Success

The Society of Young Solicitors Ireland Spring Conference 1994 was held jointly with the Northern Ireland Young Solicitors Association at the Slieve Russell Hotel & Country Club, Co. Cavan, from Friday 11 March to Sunday 13 March 1994. It was an historic conference as it was the first ever joint conference of the two Societies. We were delighted to welcome quite a number of lawyers from England and Wales, Belgium, Scotland, France, Luxembourg and Holland who had travelled to attend the conference. The Lectures chosen were highly topical. Brian J. Cregan, BL, addressed the topic "The Implementation of the Commercial Agents Directive in Irish Law". Mr. Cregan outlined the terms of the directive which considerably strengthens the position of commercial agents vis-a-vis their principals. The second topic on the Saturday morning was the recent decisions and directions of the Irish Competition Authority. John Meade, Solicitor, Arthur Cox, reviewed the recent and well-publicised decision of the Competition Authority to refuse to grant a certificate or licence in respect of the proposed takeover by Irish Distillers of Cooley Distillery. On Sunday morning Ann Harrison, Harbottle & Lewis, gave a presentation on entertainment law. Despite the bad weather, quite a number of delegates enjoyed the Saturday afternoon golf at the Slieve Russell Country Club, the horse riding and the Leadership Challenge. The Conference was also attended by Mr. Justice Hugh O 'Flaherty of the Supreme Court and Lord Justice Turlough O 'Donnell, formerly of the Court of Appeal of Northern Ireland.

At the Conference were hack row l-r: Declan O'Sullivan, John Dwyer, Jeremy Mills. Middle row l-r: Owen O'Sullivan, Garrett Fennell, Paul White, Chairman, Society of Young Solicitors; Walter Beatty, Julian Yarr, Gavin Buckley. Front row l-r: Paula Murphy, Denise Magill, Jennifer Clifford, Neasa O'Roarty, Louise Taylor, Jill Downing, Elizabeth Crilly, Chairman, Northern Ireland Young Solicitors Association; Keelin Kirrane, Sandra Duffs', Michael McCracken.

have the President of the Cavan Solicitors Bar Association, George Moloney and his wife, Maire. The conference was very well attended and, once again, we would like to thank our sponsors, principally The Investment Bank of Ireland Limited, without whose continued support our conferences could not continue. We are also extremely grateful to our other sponsors, namely, Behan & Associates, The EU produces regular reports of the proceedings of the Court Justice and Court of First Instance of the European Communities. The reports are free and available to any solicitor who applies for them. In 1993 there were approximately 250 decisions reported in 38 issues of the reports. The reports are presented in a format similar to that of the Irish Reports, i.e. a synopsis of the facts and the decision of the Court is given in a head note.

Rochford Brady, Rank Xerox, Sweet & Maxwell, Norwel Ireland Limited, Butterworth Ireland Limited, Irish Document Exchange, Oak Tree Press, Doyle Court Reporters, Dooleys, Solicitors Financial Services Limited and Gill & Macmillan Limited. • Walter Beatty, Public Relations Officer, Society of Young Solicitors. The reports would be of use to solicitors who wish to keep abreast of European Court decisions and their impact on Irish law. Any member of the profession who wishes to receive the reports should write to request an application form to: Court of Justice of the European Communities, Information Service, Ref: Proceedings, L2925 Luxembourg.

E u r o p e an C o u r t D e c i s i o ns

The Saturday night banquet was a great success, at which we were honoured to

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