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GAZETTE
SEPTEMBER 1992
Association of Pension
Lawyers has Busy First Year
The 1991 season of activities of the Association of
Pension lawyers in Ireland started with an examination
of the new set of disclosure regulations which the
Minister for Social Welfare bought into force under the
Pensions Act, 1990. On 24 September,
Brian Bohan
of
Ernst & Young, addressed the Association on "Some
Technical Issues arising from the new Disclosure
Regulations".
On 9 October the then Minister for Social Welfare,
Dr.
Michael Woods
TD, formally launched the Asssociation
of Pension Lawyers in Ireland at a reception which
coincided with the two day Annual Conference of the
Association of Pension Lawyers (our sister Association
in the UK) which was held for the first time in Dublin
on 9 and 10 October.
On 28 November, the Association held a Joint Meeting
with the Limerick Bar Association at which
Mary Hutch,
Thistee Consultant, Mercer Fraser Pension & Investment
Consultants Ltd, presented a paper on "Facing the Reality
of Member Trusteeship" and
Brian Gallagher,
Gallagher
Shatter, presented a paper on the "Interaction of Labour
Law and Family Law with Pensions".
On 9 December, Prudential Life of Ireland Ltd hosted a
meeting on "Investment Management Agreements for
Pension Funds - Some Legal and Operational
Considerations". Papers at the meeting were presented
by
Michael Lane,
Secretary of the Association, and
Michael Dangerfield,
Investment Manager of New
Ireland Investment Managers Ltd.
On 13 February, the Association's first meeting for 1992
took as its theme mergers and acquisitions. Members of
the Society of Actuaries in Ireland were invited to
participate in this meeting. The speakers were
Brian
Buggy
of Matheson Ormsby Prentice and
Andrew
Fleming
of Maclay Murray & Spens of Glasgow.
The Committee of the Association met with the Chief
Executive of the Pensions Board in March to report to
him on various subjects which the Association's
Legislation and Parliamentary Committee had been
examining during the year and to discuss matters of
general interest to both the Association and the Pensions
Board.
In May the Association hosted a most successful dinner.
Our Agenda for 1992/1993 is well in hand. Our
trusteeship seminar, which we intend holding later in
1992, is 'on the drawing board'.
The Association has not been idle and our membership
is now well into the 80s. The Association's strength is an
active membership whose interest and commitment has
ensured that pensions law is fast becoming one of the
most dynamic areas of law for the future. Further
details and information about membership is available
from Ms Raymonde Kelly, Chairman, Irish Association
of Pension Lawyers, Irish Life pic, Irish Life Centre, Lr
Abbey Street, Dublin 1.
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Raymonde
Kelly
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