The Gazette 1993

GAZETTE

I M N A GEM N JUNE 1993

though to purchase the publication for that reason may not be money well spent. This book is intended for those legal practitioners with a particular interest in information technology as such. To that extent, it is a worthwhile addition to the library.

European electronic highways, such as ISDN, a pan-European mobile telecommunications system and the Green Paper on satellite communications as discussed. The EC chapter goes on to explore the liberalisation of the terminal equipment market. Neil Ende provides a historical perspective on competition in the US telecommunications industry.

an overview to the reader of the law of information technology as it stands and how it will probably develop in the Single Market. The comparison with the position in the United States is perhaps obvious given the developments in that jurisdiction. However, it is helpful. The chapters on EC competition law and perhaps to a lesser extent the Products Liability Directive would be of interest generally to Irish solicitors income benefit of £10,000 per annum (£200 per week) payable atter a deferred period of 26 weeks to the maximum age of 65 would cost a thirty year old professional man, for example, a doctor or solicitor, £14.27 per month. Tax relief of 48% would effectively reduce this cost of £7.42 per month - a small price to pay for peace of mind. You may think that it will never happen but of course anyone can be struck down by ill-health or accident at any time. So do consider your client's income protection needs and make certain that their income does not fail when their health does.

Anthony Burke Mason Hayes & Curran

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This book is geared towards giving

AIJA Congress

Permanent Health Insurance

About 1 in 4 men between the ages of 45 and 65 will be unable to work for six months or more owing to ill- health. Women are even more likely to suffer ill-health than men. With statistics like these the effects of loss of income because of ill-health should be taken seriously. Permanent Health Insurance (PHI) is vital security against prolonged illness or complete disability - conditions that destroy a person's earning power. In the event of a claim, PHI provides an income until the individual recovers, dies or reaches retirement age. Cover will cease on the selected expiry date, normally when the insured person attains either his 55th, 60th or 65th birthday. It will also cease if the assured party stops paying the premiums or changes occupation to one excluded by the terms of the policy. In the event of a claim, payment will commence after the expiry of a deferred period of either 13, 26 or 52 weeks. The cost of the cover depends on a combination of factors including benefit required, age, sex, occupation, deferred period and ceasing age. Full tax relief is available on the premiums payable up to 10% of total income for the year. The relief is obtained by applying to your local Inspector of Taxes.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 23-27 August, 1993

AIJA, the International Association of Young Lawyers, has picked Rio de Janeiro as the venue for its 31st Annual Congress. The Congress takes place from 23-27 August and apart from a special seminar on anti-dumping (comparing the South American with the EC experience), the working sessions deal with a wide variety of issues such as: • Intellectual Property - protection against counterfeiting • Tax Law - international partnership • EC Law - European merger control • International Arbitration - forms of evidence admissible • Family Law - international child adoption. There is an equally wide ranging social programme, which includes dinner on a private tropical island. Pre and post Congress tours have been arranged by the organisers for those who wish to combine a holiday with the Congress. Further details on the Congress and information on AIJA can be obtained from the National Vice President, Petria McDonnell, at McCann FitzGerald, 2 Harbourmaster Place, Custom House Dock, Dublin 1. (Tel 01 8290000, Fax 01 8290010). •

For further details contact Tom Kennedy of Solicitors Financial

Services at (01) 4781599 or write to Solicitors Division, Sedgwick Dineen Consulting Group, 18/19 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2. •

In Ireland COT DEATH is the largest killer of children under the age of two. The Irish Sudden Infant Death Association supports bereaved families and funds cot death research. If your client wishes to make a will in favour of Cot Death Research further information is available from I S I D A Carmichael House, 4 North Brunswick Street, Dublin 7. Telephone: 8747007 / 8732711

Cover is often surprisingly inexpensive. As an example, an

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