The Gazette 1992

GAZETTE

NOVEMBER 1992

YMC — Representing the Concerns of a Young Profession

The work of the Younger Members

Committee of the Law Society,

which is currently reappraising its

role, is described by Committee

member

Pat Casey.

Work of the Committee:

The bulk of the time of the

Committee is spent on professional

matters relevant to the younger

members of the profession. Earlier

this year the Committee organised

meetings, in both Dublin and Cork,

to discuss the Solicitors

(Amendment) Bill 1991.

Representations have been made to

Council and the President of the

Society expressing the serious

concern of young solicitors and

apprentices about aspects of the Bill.

1\vo representatives of the Younger

Members Committee have now been

invited to sit on the sub-committee

of the Council dealing with the Bill.

Members of the Committee also sit

on other committees of the Law

Society. The Committee has met

with representatives of the Education

Committee and has, for example,

expressed concern, on behalf of

apprentices, in relation to the recent

changes in course fees.

The Committee has also encouraged

the Law Society and the Public

Relations Committee to adopt a

more positive approach when dealing

with politicians, the media and the

public in general.

Members of the Younger Members committee. Back row, l-r: John Campbell, Graham

Hanlon, Jeremy Doyle, Ursula Condon, JamesMacGuill, Michael Nugent. Front row,

l-r: John Shaw, Michael Lanigan (Chairman); Patricia Boyd and Robert Hennessy

The Committee was recently involved

in the staging of a joint conference

with Northern Ireland Young

Solicitors and the Society of Young

Solicitors in Newcastle, Co. Down.

Representatives from 26 Countries

attended this conference and the

largest attendance was from the

Republic of Ireland.

The Committee recently staged

seminars in Dublin and Cork on the

theme: "Setting up in Practice in the

90s". (See page 353).

Social Matters

The Committee arrange a number of

Social Activities for young solicitors

and apprentices including an annual

soccer blitz, table quizzes, etc.

Reform of Occupiers' Liability?

- (Cont'd from page 363)

Composition

A total of 19 sit on the Younger

Members Committee, comprising of

Council Members, nominees of local

Bar Associations, committee

members of SADSI and Society of

Young Solicitors and other

"volunteers"! The Committee meets

at least once a month.

Review

The Committee is at present

reappraising its role within the

profession. Any solicitor or

apprentice with views or comments is

invited to contact the Chairman of

the Younger Members Committee

c/o, The Law Society.

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24. [1978] AC 728, 751.

25. [1991] 1 IR 314.

26. As a consequence the question

whether the law should properly be

regarded as based on these

questions was "reserved for an

occasion on which it is fully

argued a nd may be necessary for

decision.

"Id.

at p.319,

per

Gr i f f in

27. (1987) 162 CLR 479, as explained

by Ma s on CJ, Deane, Toohey a nd

McHu gh JJ in

Calin

-v-

Greater

Union Organisation

(1991) 173

CLR 33, 38; see also

Hackshaw

-v-

Shaw

(1984) 155 CLR 614 and

Papatonakis

-v-

Australian

Telecommunications Commission

(1985) 156 CLR 7.

28.

Herrington

[1972] 1 All ER at p.

758.

29.

Id.

at p. 796.

30. See generally on this point, Kidner

" T h e variable standard of care,

contributory negligence and

volenti

" (1991) 11

Legal Studies 1.

31.

McGinlay -v- British Railways

Board

[1983] 1 WLR 1427,

1432.

We are pleased to announce that

Ms. Esther TVacey

Solicitor

Commissioner forOaths

has joined

Paul W. TVacey, Solicitors

at their practice at

24Maribcrough Street,

Dublin 1. Tel: (01) 745656

au l

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