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GAZETTE
Because, although 66 was a good
score by anyone's standard, even his,
the feeling was and still is, that his
sudden dismissal came as a shock to
most and a surprise to the remainder
of his wide corerie of friends. At the
time of his death David Pigot was
President Elect of Leprechauns
Cricket Club, in its 50th year.
Now that he has left us on reflecting
on his personality the abiding memory
of David is of his fun-loving nature
and the energy and enthusiasm which
he brought to everything that he did.
One of his most truly endearing
qualities was his infectious sense of
fun. He always seemed to be in good
humour. He was always ready to trade
good natured banter without the
slightest trace of malice. Not only was
there a total absence of malice in his
nature but in addition there was not
one dishonourable cell in his make-up.
Those of us who were privileged to
have known him well and to have
worked closely with him over a long
period of years now know, since we
have had time to reflect on his
memory, that there were two very
essential ingredients in his character
and these could be summed up as the
twin virtues of both honour and
integrity. David Pigot was one of the
most totally honest people that one
will ever be likely to meet. He just
simply would not have known how to
behave otherwise. He was a good
colleague and a great friend. He was
also a most charitable person and
had that rare quality that marked him
out as a true gentleman. One never
heard David Pigot speak ill of
anyone. In th(s regard he used to
quote the advice he got from his
mother to the effect that "if you do not
have anything good to say about
somebody at least do not say anything
at all". In may ways David was a
perfectionist with a very high degree
of technical skill who had a
remarkable capacity to see and cover
virtually every possible angle on the
issue in question whether in the
professional context where he was an
acknowledged expert in the drafting
of legal documents, rules and
regulations in addition to memoranda
or guidelines in the course of his very
considerable services to his profession
through the Law Society.
JULY 1996
David Pigot to those of us who knew
and loved him will remain forever in
our thoughts and our memory as a
very slim, trim, youthful and most
energetic figure who was invariably in
good humour with a smile on his face.
Hid good-natured banter did however
disguise the serious and mature side of
his character. David had certain
standards and a very clearly
understood sense of values. If one had
to select one word above all to
describe him that word would simply
be "honourable". He was a most
honourable gentleman of the highest
integrity whose word was
unquestionably his bond.
He epitomised all that is best in the
traditions of the legal profession
whose high standards he always
maintained in his own regard and
exhorted others to do likewise. He
was a role model both to his own
contemporaries and to a younger
generation of lawyers who would do
well to follow and be inspired by the
example which he set for his
colleagues in such a very quiet but
most effective way. David will be a
hard act to follow but his example will
have inspired all his many friends and
all those who knew him to follow in
the footsteps in which he tread, so
lightly but so gracefully and
meaningfully across the paths of all
those with whom he came in contact
during his all too short lifetime. To his
devoted wife Detta, to his son David
and to his daughters Janet and Vicky
and his grandchildren who gave him
such pleasure the heartfelt sympathy
of all those who were privileged both
to have known David and enjoyed his
friendship and his company is
extended in abundance and they must
know with pride that they have so
many reasons to be grateful for his
life. It can certainly be truly said of
David Pigot as did Mark Anthony of
Brutus in Julius Caesar:
His Life was gentle and the elements
So mix'd in him that Nature might
stand up,
And say to all the world, "This was a
man ".
BStB/DE
O B I T U A R I ES
Luxie Baily
died 23 May, 1996
(widow of the late Gerald Baily,
solicitor and mother of John Baily
and Judith O'Loughlin, Solicitors).
Ernst Keegan
(admitted 1932) died
26 April 1996. Retired December
1994 having practised for 61 years.
Powers of Attorney Act,
1996
Continued from page 210
6. Section 22 provides that an
instrument creating a power of
attorney may be deposited in the
central office of the High Court.
The law therefore continues to be
that it is not necessary to deposit
instruments creating powers of
attorney in the central office.
7. The Act repeals sections 46, 47
and 48 of the Conveyancing Act,
1881 and sections 8 and 9 of the
Conveyancing Act, 1882.
Conveyancing Committee
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