The Gazette 1994

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1994

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there remains a major question mark over the legal position concerning entitlement to care, writes Mel Cousins. P e o p l e a n d P l a c es 20 Sy s t ems in t he O f f i ce - T en not-so-easy T i ps 23 Lawyers are intelligent people, writes Frank Lanigan, but they are anarchic, individualistic and hate organisation! He offers ten not-so-easy tips for achieving a good system of This month practitioners review the following recent publications: Irish Company Secretarial Precedents; Irish Corporate Procedures; Lawyers Skills; Irish Investment Market; Basic Documents on Human Rights; A Dictionary of Irish Law; and AGuide to Buying or Selling Your House in Ireland. P r a c t i ce N o t e s 31 Draft Guidelines on Professional Conduct for Criminal Law Practitioners; Stock Transfer Forms; Insurance Premium Refunds arising on Mortgage Redemptions. C o p y r i g h t P r o t e c t i on o f C o m p u t e r S o f t w a r e i n I r e l a nd 33 Michael Vallely takes readers step by step through the EU Directive on the Legal Protection of Computer Programmes and its effect on the 1963 Irish Copyright Act. P r o f e s s i o n al I n f o r m a t i on 38 office management. B o o k R e v i e ws 25

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While increased allocations to the courts and to legal aid in the Government's expenditure estimates are welcome, much more needs to be done. N e w s 7 et seq. Council establishes taskforce to resist capping proposal, p. 7; North/South seminar on Criminal Law, p. 10; Clasp raises £12,000 for the homeless, p. 13; Compensation Fund payments approved in December, p. 13; Annual Report of FLAC for 1993, p. 14; winners of Blackhall Place Prize Bond Scheme, p. 18; SYS Autumn Conference, p. 30; Cork Solicitors get Social, p. 30; SADSI News, p. 36; Document Exchange Approaches Half Century, p. 36; Seminar on the European Convention on Human Rights, p. 37. M e d i a w a t c h 9 The debate about introducing a limit on the amount that could be paid in compensation for pain and suffering in personal injury awards continues to receive attention in the media, as does the forthcoming Solicitors Bill. L a wb r i ef 11 Solicitor liable for mental distress; District Court - small claims procedure; Minister has no proposals for fusion of the legal professions; The growing use of technology as a courtroom tool; Borking nominees for legal posts; Dr. Eamonn Hall reports. T h e H e a l t h ( N u r s i ng H om e s ) A c t r 1 9 9 0 15 The Act came into force on 1 September 1993, and introduced a registration system for nursing homes and a system for assessing entitlement to public nursing home case. However,

Notices concerning lost land certificates, lost wills, employment and miscellaneous advertisements.

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Editor: Barbara Cahalane

Editorial Board: Dr. Eamonn G. Hall, (Chairman) Elma Lynch, (Vice Chairman) John F. Buckley John Costello Justin McKenna Noel C. Ryan

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