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court, the pre-1920 jurisdiction of
the Court in regard to the
enforcement of undertakings had no
basis and no longer existed was, in
his view, unfounded.
The judge stated that sections 1 and
3 (3) of the 1960 Act were required
to be construed together with the
1954 Act, referred to as the principal
Act. Only Part III of the 1954 Act
concerning the Disciplinary
Committee was declared
unconstitutional. The remainder of
the Act enjoys a presumption of
constitutionality including section
84 (1) which provided that
" A reference in any enactment to
a solicitor . . . shall be construed
as a reference to a solicitor within
the meaning of this Act."
One such reference appears in
section 78 of the
Judicature (Ireland)
Act, 1877
which provides that
solicitors to whom the section
applies shall be deemed to be
officers of the Court of Judicature.
This preserves the jurisdiction of the
Court over solicitors exercised by
courts of law and equity prior to the
passing of this Act. Section 78 was
unrepealed and was carried over in
1922 and in 1937 was part of the law
in force in Ireland. Lardner J held
that the jurisdiction of the High
Court to discipline solicitors as
officers of the court which the
plaintiffs had invoked continued to
exist.
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LAWTECH '92 -
Imaging Technology
Imaging - the central theme of this
year's L AWTECH exhibition - is a
term that describes the copying of
printed material in bulk onto a
computer. Imaging is widely used in
law offices in the United States to
store and cross-reference information
such as pleadings and proofs in
litigation, and is proving to be a
low-cost and reliable means of
storing materials such as files and
accounts without the usual overhead
of warehouse storage.
Exhibitors at L AWTECH '92 will
demonstrate a number of imaging
products including document storage
and litigation support packages.
The growth in the use of computers
in solicitors' practices has been
matched by an increasing awareness
that information technology offers
more than just a substitute for the
electric typewriter. Imaging is an
application of computing from
which practices stand to gain much
in the future. The Law Society
Technology Committee looks forward
to your attendance at L AWTECH
'92 which will take place on 19 and
20 November at Blackhall Place.
Further information concerning
L AWTECH '92 can be obtained
from
Veronica Donnelly
at The Law
Society, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7.
Telephone (01) 710711.
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"Law and Liberty"
Trinity 400 Lectures
A series of public lectures entitled
" Law and Liberty in Ireland" will
be staged this Autumn as part of the
Trinity College quatercentenary
celebrations. The lecture programme
is as follows:
W.R. Duncan,
"Divorce, abortion
and the debate about liberty", 20
October.
N.
Hyland,
"What price freedom?
- the pregnant woman in the
workplace", 27 October.
W
.N.
Osborough,
"Sport, freedom
and the criminal law", 3 November.
B. Murray,
" The right to silence and
corporate crime", 10 November.
A. Wheian,
" The liberty of peoples:
Ireland, the EC and eastern
Europe", 17 November.
W. Binchy,
"Liberty, pluralism and
the right to life", 24 November.
G. Whyte,
"Legal aid: access to our
liberties?", 8 December.
The lectures take place every Hiesday
up to and including 8 December (1
December excepted), at 7.30 pm, in
The Ussher Hall, 2037 Arts & Social
Sciences Building, Trinity College,
Dublin 2.
Further information can be obtained
from
Anthony Wheian,
Trinity
College. Telephone 7022296. All are
welcome. There is no charge for
admission.
•
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