The Gazette 1993

MARCH 1993

VOL. 87 NO. 2

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Viewpoint Solicitors are ineligible for recently advertised posts as Parliamentary draftsmen in the Attorney General's office. It is time the Government ended this form of discrimination against solicitors. President's Message Reflections by the President, Raymond Monahan, on an historic day when 44 Irish/American lawyers were admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court. Lawbrief The remedies available to an employer who is owed money by an employee; ECJ ruling that judges referring cases should set out facts and law in detail, Eamonn Hall reports. 49 51 Quality - the Competitive Edge p ind out why you cannot afford to miss the Law Society's annual conference in May; the speakers give a taste of what they will be saying on the topical issue of quality management. 54 The January and February meetings of the Law Society Council focused on the need for a review of education Policy, pressure on solicitors incomes due to the recession, and other issues. The Right Type of Mortgage "There are few of us," writes Fergus Goodbody, "who have not by now been thoroughly confused by conflicting ciaims of mortgage providers." He provides a guide to the advantages and disadvantages of endowment loans. 57 47 Council Endorses Review of Education

Book Reviews

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This month we review Guide to the 1992 Group Accounts Regulations; the Law Reform Commission Report on the Law relating to Dishonesty; Legal Aspects of Commercial Sea Fishing in the EEC; and the Irish Cycling Guide.

Technology News

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"The law is slowly coming to recognise the fax as an acceptable format," writes John Furlong, "and today's specifications have improved as dramatically as the price per unit has fallen." Document Exchanges under Threat? A broadly worded proviso in the European Commission's Green Paper on the development of postal services in the single market could pose a threat to the functioning of document exchanges, writes Paul Puxon, Chairman of the Association of European Document Exchanges. Disciplinary Cases Reports of disciplinary cases heard in the High Court since 1 January, 1993.

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Professional Information

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

publication does not necessarily indicate approval by the Law Society for the product or service advertised.

Advertising: Seán Ó hOisín. Telephone: 305236 Fax: 307860. Printing: Timers Printing Company Limited, Longford. The views expressed in this publication, save where otherwise indicated, are the views of contributors and not necessarily the views of the Council of the Law Society. The appearance of an advertisement m this

Editor: Barbara Cahalane Editorial Board: Eamonn G. Hall, (Chairman) Elma Lynch, (Vice Chairman) John F. Buckley Justin McKenna Michael V. O'Mahony N °el C. Ryan Citation: (1993) 87 Gaz ILSI

Published at Blackhall Place, Dublin 7. Telephone 710711 Telex: 31219 Fax: 710704.

Front Cover: The front cover shows Ms Maire Geoghegan-Quinn who was appointed Minister for Justice on 12 January, 1993.

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