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VOL.86 NO.4
MAY 1992
I N C O R P O R A T E D
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G A Z E T T
Viewpoint
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While reforms on personal injury claims are awaited,
there are clearly significant conflicts between various
interests which will be difficult to reconcile.
President's Message
131
As the demands on the Law Society's education
system increase, Law Society President,
Adrian Bourke,
queries whether apprenticeship in its present form is in
fact a necessary vehicle to train young solicitors.
Law Brief
132
Eamonn Hall
reports on: the top Firms in Ireland and
the UK; drunk driving - shock can be a reasonable
excuse for failure to give a specimen; the right to sue
for pre-birth harm.
Law Society Annual Conference Berlin
135
The 280 delegates who attended the Law Society
Conference Berlin on the theme "Lawyers in Business
in Europe", heard about the challenges posed by
German unification and opportunities for foreign
lawyers.
The Building Control Act 1990
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Joan Fagan
and
John Furlong
explain the contents of
the Building Control Act, 1990 and the new Building
Control Regulations.
Book Reviews
This month our reviewers examine recent publications:
Religion, Education and the Constitution; Family
Finance; A Company Purchasing its own Shares; LRC
Report on the Reform of the Civil Law of Defamation.
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People and Places
145
Practice Notes 147Milk quota leases; The Registry of Deeds (Fees) Order, 1991;
Stamp duty amnesty.
Registration of Charges, Foreign
Companies and The Flavenburg File
157
Thomas B. Courtney
discusses the registration of charges over
property in Ireland by a foreign company which is registered
under the laws of another country.
Waterford Solicitor Sails Atlantic
159
Colin Chapman
will sail in the 1992 "Europe 1"
single handed transatlantic yacht race in aid of the
Irish Cancer Society.
Correspondence
159
Copyright - is the law very much the same in
Ireland as in the UK? Compensation Fund - is the
price too high? Drunken driving penalties from one
hundred years ago.
Technology Notes
161
Michael Moran
writes about the computerisation
programme currently underway in the Patents
Office.
Professional Information
162
Lost land certificates, lost wills, employment and
miscellaneous notices.
Editor:
Barbara Cahalane
Editorial Board:
Eamonn G. Hall, (Chairman)
Maeve Hayes, (Vice Chairman)
John F. Buckley
Gerard Griffin
Elma Lynch
Justin McKenna
Michael V. O'Mahony
Noel C. Ryan
Eva Tobin
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where otherwise indicated, are the views of
contributors and not necessarily the views of
the Council of the Law Society. The
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publication does not necessarily indicate
approval by the Law Society for the product
or service advertised.
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Front Cover:
At the Law Society Annual
Conference in Berlin were 1-r:
Harold
Whelehan
SC, Attorney General;
Dr. Ingo
Kober,
State Secretary, Federal Ministry of
Justice Germany; and
Adrian P. Bourke,
President, Law Society.
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