The Gazette 1996

JUNE 1996

In-House Solicitors - Newsbrief

This newsbrief is intended for In-house

Solicitors (including Local

Authority

Solicitors, Solicitors in the Chief State

Solicitors Office and other

Government

Departments).

Co r p o r a te Comm i t t ee '95/'96

The committee reviewing the position

of solicitors employed by corporate

bodies was reappointed following

elections to the Law Society Council,

and the appointment of committees for

the new Council year. The committee

has had several meetings and

continues to work on your behalf.

The committee members are:

Michael Carroll,

Coras Iompair

Eireann, Chairman.

Caroline Bergin,

Greencore Group

Pic.

Clare Connellan,

I.C.C. Bank Pic.

Edward C. Hughes,

Dun Laoghaire-

Rathdown County Council.

Geraldine Hynes,

Careers Adviser,

Law Society of Ireland.

Carmel Killeen,

Local Authority

Solicitor (Retired).

Kevin Finucane,

Coyle Hamilton

Group Ltd.

Elizabeth Mullan,

Chief State

Solicitors Office.

David O'Donnell,

Bank of Bermuda

Group.

Michael O'Malley,

National Irish

Bank.

Richard Devereux,

Intel Corporation

U.K.

Stephanie Coggans,

Legal Aid Board.

Niall Casey,

John Casey & Co., Ex

o f f i c io member as Chairman of

Professional Guidance Committee.

Therese Clarke,

Solicitor, Law

Society of Ireland, Secretary to

Committee.

The new committee now represents a

broad spectrum of the solicitors in

the sector.

It has been agreed that the most

important objective for the committee

is to facilitate the establishment of an

association for the sector. The

committee hopes that the preliminary

work will be done over the coming

months, so that the association might

be up and running in September. Your

views on possible structures for the

association and elections to the

association council will be canvassed

over the coming weeks and months. A

draft constitution is being prepared

and will be circulated shortly.

However, any of the committee

members, or

Therese Clarke

at the

Law Society, (Phone 868 1220) will

be delighted to hear your views.

Another objective of the committee is

to compile a directory of solicitors in

the sector. A questionnaire will be

circulated next month which, when

returned, will give us the information

for the directory. With your co-

operation, this directory should prove

very useful.

Oc t o b er '95 Me e t i ng

The committee are very grateful to all

of you who completed the

questionnaire circulated at the

information evening in October.

; For you, the three most important

issues which the Law Society should

address are:

! 1. Specialised CLE courses for

corporate solicitors.

J 2. Law Society recognition of, and

support for, the sector.

| 3. Professional Indemnity Insurance

matters.

Useful Publications

At the meeting, we promised to

provide information on where

subscriptions may be made for the

following publications, all of which

have particular relevance for the

corporate solicitor. Complimentary

copies are sometimes available.

1. The In-House Lawyer,

28-33 Cato Street,

London, WIH 5HS,

England.

Tel. 0171 396 9 2 92

Fax. 0171 393 9 3 00

2. European Counsel Direct,

L & C Publishing Ltd.,

9 0 Battersea Business Centre,

103-109 Lavender Hill,

London SW11 5QL,

England.

Tel. 0171 738 2303

Fax. 0171 978 5 4 52

Email. 100607.3004

compulserve.com

3. The Lawyer,

Centaur Communications Group,

50 Poland Street,

London, WIV 4AX,

England.

Tel. (Circulation only 0171 4 39

4222)

Fax. 0171 734 0 5 34

Email lawcirc @ centaur, co. uk.

We hope that Newsbrief will be a

regular feature in the Gazette so that

we can provide continuing

information on the various aspects of

the committee's work.

Michael

Carroll,

Chairman.

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