The Gazette 1979

GAZETTE

APRIL 1979

The Society's representatives are adopting a conservative

approach towards the development.

Appointments

The Council has recommended to the President of the

High Court that Mr. P. F. O'Donnell and Mr. B. Russell

be appointed to fill the vacancies on the Disciplinary

Committee following the resignation of Mr. F. Lanigan

and Mr. T. Jackson. Mr. F. Armstrong has been

nominated as one of the Society's representatives on the

Incorporated Council for Law Reporting.

March Council

Commissioners for Oaths

The Minister for Justice has been requested to make

statutory provision whereby all solicitors in practice

would become Commissioners for Oaths.

Solicitors' Remuneration

Discussions took place between the Solicitor members

on the Statutory Rules Committee and officers of the

Department of Justice, with a view to finding a solution to

the present difficulties regarding the revision of the

statutory instruments on solicitors' remuneration.

Restrictive Practices Inquiry

A Committee comprising Messrs. Curran, O'Donnell,

O'Mahony, Daly, McEvoy and Osborne was appointed

to deal with the presentation of the Society's viewpoint.

No date yet has been fixed for the inquiry. It was

appreciated by the Council that the cost of representing

the Society would be substantial.

Law Clerks Joint Labour Committee

Steps to implement agreed new scales have been

suspended pending the determination of the postal strike.

April Council

The Council learned with deep regret of the death of a

Past President, Desmond J. Collins. His son, Anthony,

serves on the Council.

Solicitors' Accounts Regulations

On the recommendation of the Finance Committee the

Council has approved of all Licensed Banks enjoying

Trustee Status for the purpose of the Regulations. The

practical effect of the decision is that in addition to the

Banks already approved, the following Licensed Banks

have now been approved as repositories of clients funds:

Allied Insn Finance Company Limited, Bank of Ireland

Finance Limited, Bowmaker (Ireland) Limited, Forward

Trust (Ireland) Limited, Hill Samuel & Company

(Ireland) Limited, Lombard & Ulster Banking (Ireland)

Limited, Mercantile Credit Company of Ireland Limited

and United Dominions Trust (Ireland) Limited.

Section 174 of the Finance Act, 1967

The Council requests that in the event of a member

being requested to furnish information under the above

authority to the Revenue Commissioners, he should in the

first instance inform the Society.

Post Office Strike

At the request of the Council, the President Mr. G.

Hickey released the following Press statement:

COURTS HAMPERED BY POST STRIKE

Prolongation of the postal dispute will seriously inter-

fere with the administration of justice, said Mr. Gerald

Hickey, President of the Incorporated Law Society of

Ireland, in a statement issued this morning. He warned

that major problems have already been created for

litigants, particularly those in difficult financial

ircumstances, as well as for the business sector of the

ommunity, and for the other professions who require

legal services.

Mr. Hickey continued: "The High Court's civil

litigation programme has virtually collapsed in the past

week. The Law Society is seriously concerned that the

continuance of the dispute will make it impossible to pro-

vide for the pressing legal needs of the community."

Mr. Hickey said that, in common with others con-

cerned in the well-being of the community, he appealed to

the Post Office staffs in the dispute to meet again and

consider an early return to work.

Paying a tribute to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions

and its officers for making "tremendous efforts to resolve

the dispute" he urged the Post Office workers to be

guided by them. "Further prolongation of the dispute will

only serve to leave a feeling of bitterness which will take

years to overcome. An early resumption of work will not

only enable the provision of essential legal services to be

resumed but will allow the country to recover some of the

revenue and international prestige it has lost during the

dispute.

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