The Gazette 1979

GAZETTE

JULY-AUGUST 1979

responsibilities. As he is self-employed there is no attach-

ment of earnings.

Because of the costs involved in judicial separation,

this form of action is out of reach of many of our clients

where there is disagreement between the parties on the

form of settlement. We feel that in these cases clients need

help in two ways, particularly until such time as civil legal

aid is introduced in this country. First, solicitors might

feel it possible to undertake and work very occasionally in

special circumstances at a reduced fee. Secondly, we

would ask solicitors if they could give that little extra con-

sideration which might save the client from feeling in any

way pressurised into signing an agreement which does not

in her view represent her best interests, a situation to

which those seeking help from AIM sometimes draw

attention.

AIM has been greatly heartened at the positive

response of those members of the profession who are on

the panel of solicitors listed as available to give advice on

family matters to the Catholic Marriage Advisory

Council of Ireland. This panel was canvassed as to their

availability to take on family law work and 20 of those

circularised agreed to be so listed. It may be that there are

others who would be willing to contribute to this

important work, even if only in a strictly limited number

of cases. Would any interested solicitor not already can-

vassed for eithdr panel please contact Mr. J. J. Ivers, the

Director General, the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

Solicitors have a grave responsibility when taking on

family cases because the outcome will decide the future

lifestyle of that family. However, if every solicitor in the

country was to take on even one family case annually it

would ease the burden of those who become known for

handling such cases and could add a new dimension to

family law because then each solicitor could see at first

hand the anomalies and complexities of family law and

could define to the Government, in a professional manner,

what we have been trying to do for years in our own

amateur style!

F OOTNOTE

Six full days of the new Professional Training Course which

commenced on 19th February this year are devoted to Family Law.

This compares with, for example, seven for Criminal Law and fifteen

for Conveyancing. Contributors to the Family Law Course include

Michael O'Mahony (Chairman of the Planning Sub-Committee for

Family Law), Alan Shatter (author of

Family Law in Ireland)

and

Raymond Downey (Dublin Registrar of Marriages).

A speaker for AIM will also contribute to the apprentices'

understanding of the practical aspects of this field of law and this

session will provide a vehicle for dialogue between AIM and the next

generation of practitioners.

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