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Irish solicitors should not be free to
enter into similar arrangements".
The consultants also find:
"No direct evidence in terms of
numbers of claims up to 1994 that
the "no foal, no fee" approach by
solicitors has increased the number
of liability claims".
In addition, the report agrees fully with
the key Law Society recommendation
that there is a need to concentrate very
much more resources and attention on
accident prevention in Ireland in order to
reduce insurance costs. The real problem
is the level of accidents, not the level
of awards.
Almost all of the report's major
conclusions are precisely in line with the
submissions made by the Society to
Deloitte & Touche. The Society does not
agree with all of the report's conclusions.
It very much doubts the value of the
proposed tribunal, for example.
The Society warmly welcomes the
report's conclusions on the capping issue,
however, and commends in particular the
very responsible line on this matter which
has been followed to date by Minister
Rabbltte. This exemplary approach has
avoided the trap of a policy decision
which would have seriously damaged the
public interest by penalising the innocent
victims of accidents rather than the road
users, employers, public authorities or
others whose negligence cause the
accidents in the first place.
Ken Murphy
Diploma in applied European law
The Law Society (with the assistance
of the European Commission) will be
presenting a diploma course in applied
European law, starting in January
1997. The diploma, which will have a
practical orientation, is designed for
those solicitors with little or no
knowledge of European law.
The course will be provided in
modular fashion on Saturdays
following academic terms over the
course of a year (approximately 20
sessions). The first module will serve
as an introduction to the subject and
other optional modules will home in
on various areas of European law of
relevant to the practitioner (such as
competition, European law and
business, employment and social
policy, environmental law and
European law and litigation).
The course is open to both solicitors
and apprentices. Preference will be
given to those candidates who have not
studied European law at degree level
or for the Final Examination - First
Part.
Full details of the entry requirements
and admission will be circulated to the
profession shortly or may be obtained
from: T P Kennedy, Education Officer,
Law School, Law Society, Blackhall
Place, Dublin 7.
Practice
Management
Do Y o u . .
.
. . have a system
that ensures that
time spent on casework
may be properly
recorded and
attributed."
Practice Management Guidelines,
Section D3. Time Recording.
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the application form. Completed forms should be relumed to the
Board's Secretary on or before Thursday the 12lh of December,
1996.
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of Ordinary Judge of the District Court will be regarded as appli-
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unless and until the Applicant signifies in writing to the Board
that the application should be withdrawn.
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Dated the 20th of November, 1996.
SECRETARY
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