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attention can now be focused on
these other inadequacies in the legal
system.
Solicitors must earn a reasonable
living
Finally, I am concerned at a
statistic recently furnished that 1/3
of the profession now feels
financially threatened. There is need
for a strong, independent and
vibrant solicitors' profession and
it is essential therefore that members
of the profession should be able
to earn a reasonable standard
of living. To assist in this regard
I intend to take steps.
• to improve the flow of practical
information from the Society
both through the
Gazette
and
otherwise, to increase the
number and venues of CLE
courses and bring on stream a
new Practice Management
Service.
• to establish a Committee on
Solicitors Remuneration and
Costs which will initiate a study
of Solicitors fees and costs
generally and prepare a detailed
set of recommendations on
fees,
• to have the Professional
Purposes Committee prepare and
publish detailed Practice Rules
and Guidelines and have the
Public Relations Committee
examine proposals for
institutional advertising to
promote the message of a
competent and disciplined
profession.
As I look forward to an interesting
and no doubt hectic year, I hope
that, with the full support of
Council, committees and members, I
can achieve these and other
necessary objectives for the benefit
of the profession.
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The New President's
Background
Raymond T. Monahan is from Sligo.
He was educated at Blackrock
College and at UCD where he
graduated wtih a BCL and LLB
degrees. He qualified as a solicitor in
1971 and having worked in Dublin
for a number of years returned to
Sligo to take over the family firm.
He is now a partner in the
amalgamated practice of Horan,
Monahan & Co., Solicitors,
O'Connell Street, Sligo.
A member of the Law Society
Council since 1975, Ray Monahan
has been a member of all the
statutory committees and has been
Chairman of the EC and
International Affairs and the
Education Committees. He was also
for many years the Society's
representative at the Commission
Consultative des Barreaux
Europeenne (CCBE). He served as
Junior Vice-President in 1987/88 and
as Senior Vice-President in
1991/1992.
He is also a past President of Sligo
Chamber of Commerce, past
Chairman of The North West
Airport Company Limited, a past
Executive Member of the Council of
the Chambers of Commerce of
Ireland and until now has been the
Secretary of the North West Sub
Regional Review Committee on
Structural Funds. He is interested in
sailing, windsurfing and water sking
and keeps fit by running and cycling
whenever possible.
He is married to Eileen (nee Doyle),
a solicitor, and they have seven
children.
Raymond Monahan has been elected
President of the Society from
November 1992 to November 1993.
Michael V. O'Mahony,
McCann
FitzGerald, has been elected as
Senior Vice-President and
Laurence
Shields,
LK Shields & Partners, has
been elected Junior Vice-President.
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Environmental Law
Association formed
The heightened public awareness of
the environment is reflected in the
increasing number of legal
practitioners who find themselves
dealing with environmental issues for
clients.
A number of legal practitioners wish
to establish an Irish Environmental
Law Association membership of
which will be open to members of
the solicitors' profession and the Bar
interested in environmental law. The
primary purposes of the Association
will include contributing to an
increased knowledge of
environmental law among its
members and influencing prospective
national and EC legislation in the
area.
An ad hoc committee consisting of
Dr. Yvonne Scanned
of the Law
School, Trinity College, Dublin,
Gerry Bohan
of Arthur Cox,
Solicitors and
Donal O'Leary,
BL
has been formed with a view to
establishing the Irish Environmental
Law Association. The first meeting
of the Association will be held at
Room 39E, Law School, Trinity
College, Dublin on Thesday, 8
December, 1992 at 7.00p.m.
The
purpose of the meeting will be to
elect an organising committee from
those present with a view to formal
establishment of the Association
early in 1993. All interested are
invited to attend and any questions
or suggestions can be directed in the
first instance to
Dr. Yvonne Scanned
(Tel. 01 - 7021773).
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