The Gazette 1987

GAZETTE

JULY/ A UGUST

1987

Lady So l i c i t o r s' Go l f i ng Soc iety Another successful outing was held on the 21st July 1986 at Newlands Golf Club. While the day remained fine, it did not produce scores which would threaten the handicaps nor did any new winners emerge. Mary Molloy and Elaine An t hony showed their usual consistency by producing 32 points and 31 points respectively in difficult conditions. Sheila O'Gorman came third with 27 points. The best score came from one of our visitors, Frances Kearney, with 33 points. Kay O'Neill and Chris Ryan were second and third res- pectively with 31 points each. Newlands have kindly agreed to have us again for our next outing. This will be on Thursday 30th July next, tee-off times 12 noon to 1.30p.m.; 2.30p.m. to 3.30p.m. As usual, the dinner and presen t a t i on will take place afterwards, and again all prize donations will be welcome. All applications to participate should be sent to: Christine Scott, 43 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2.

CORRESPONDENCE

The Council would be most grateful if the Law Society would raise this issue with its members and make an appropriate recom- mendation as to practice in this area.

The Editor, Gazette, Law Society, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7.

Yours sincerely,

5th May 1987

L. J. Tuomey, Chairman, National Council for the Aged, Corrigan House, Fenian Street, Dublin 2.

Protection of the Elderly

Dear Sir,

As Chairman of the National Council for the Aged, I have been having correspondence and dis- cussions with Messrs Eric Brunker and Patrick Fagan of your Con- veyancing Committee about the adequacy of the legal protection of the interests of certain elderly people. The National Council for the Aged — an advisory body to the Minister for Health on all aspects of the welfare of the elderly — is concerned, in parti- cular, about the position of those elderly who irrevocably sign over their property or other assets to another party. Some elderly people are parti- cularly vulnerable at times of stress (e.g. just prior to entry into a long- stay institution) when external pressures may suggest the desirability of transferring assets to another party, usually a relative. In these circumstances, the elderly are in particular need of indepen- dent and adequate legal advice. Whilst in the majority of cases such advice is available, we are con- scious that in some cases it may not be and there is evidence of some elderly persons not being fully aware of the implications of their actions. In view of the irrevoc- able nature of the asset transfers made this has given rise to hardship in certain cases. While separate legal represen- tation for the elderly person is a solution we would favour, we appreciate that this may not always be a practical proposition and in the alternative if separate representation is not possible we would ask that particular attention is given by the solicitor involved to ensure that the elderly person is fully capable of making a decision and that all the implications of that decision are fully explained in an impartial manner.

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It is the Commission's intention, when significant progress has been made in the form of reports and re- commendations on some at least of these items, to present to the Taoiseach a revised programme for law reform for consideration by the Government. In the hope that this process will be at least under way in the later part of the year, it is their present intention to arrange a seminar to be held in Trinity College in the autumn, at which proposals for law r e f o rm for possible inclusion in the Commission's draft programme will be subjected to detailed discussion and analysis by as many interested sections of the public as possible. •

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