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GAZETTE
NOVEMBER 1996
Annual Election 1996/1997
the profession; the development of the
Gazette
into a modern and dynamic
magazine; improving the range and
quality of the Society's services; and
marketing them better to members. T
don't think members are aware of the
range of services we offer. The Society .
will employ a members' services officer
as soon as possible to market the
commercial services we offer and to
make sure that they make a profit'.
But the most important goal of all, he
says, is to establish the primacy of the
Council as the supreme authority of the
profession. 'I want the Council to lead
the profession and I want the Council to
work with me to make the decisions that
are necessary. There must, of course, be
plenty of consultation with the bar
associations and the members, but we
must get away from those who have
decided to run the Council through the
AGM. They are very welcome to put up
as many candidates as they wish but
they should work within Council to
influence it. Council must run the
profession and they should throw us out
if we're not doing the job they want us
to do'.
English solicitors recently voted
overwhelmingly to reject the separation
of regulatory and representational
functions, a notion that has been mooted
in this country too. The new president
argues strongly that this would be a bad
move. 'The sign of a good and healthy
profession is that it can regulate itself,
says Daly. 'That means we might have
to make hard decisions from time to
time, and I think the Law Society record
in dealing with solicitors who
misbehave speaks for itself. We have
acted very well on behalf of the
profession in relation to the capping of
claims, section 153 of the
Finance Bill,
and in guiding through the
Solicitors
Act
itself without a large number of the
nastier provisions that were originally
contemplated'.
Given the potentially troubled times
ahead, and the way that the profession
has changed over the years, would
Frank Daly still make the same career
choice today? 'Yes, very much so', he
says. 'There would be no change of
heart at all. It's a very satisfying career
and it's great fun too'.
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Francis D. Daly is deemed to have
25. Michael Irvine
882
been elected. The following
26. Michael Carroll
879
candidates are provisionally declared
27. Gerard J. Doherty
833
elected and the number of votes
28. Orla Coyne
832
received by them appear after their
29. John G. Fish
806
names.
30. Terence McCrann
798
No. Elected
No. of Votes
The following are the names of the
1. Patrick O'Connor
1,233
candidates who have not been
2. Geraldine M. Clarke
1,176
provisionally elected and the number
3. John Shaw
1,174
of votes received by them appears
4. Andrew Dillon
1,161
after their names.
5. Donald P. Binchy
1,157
6. Brian J. Sheridan
1,130
31. John P. O'Malley
789
7. Niall G. Casey
1,119
32. Richard Bennett
725
8. Laurence K. Shields
1,106
33. James B. McCourt
696
9. Michael D. Peart
1,104
34. Hugh O'Neill
676
10. Ward McEllin
1,100
35. Peter McDonnell
653
11. Owen M. Binchy
1,076
36. Sean O'Ceallaigh
627
12. Elma Lynch
1,062
37. Patrick J. Maher
583
13. Moya Quinlan
1,056
14. Anthony H. Ensor
1,053
As there was only one candidate
15. Patricia McNamara
1,016
nominated for each of the
16. Niall Farrell
993
Provinces there was no election and
17. Andrew F. Smyth
981
the four candidates for these seats
18. James MacGuill
969
were returned unopposed as
19. Philip M. Joyce
960
follows:
20. Keenan Johnson
936
21. Gerard F. Griffin
923
Leinster:
John B. Harte
22. Fionnuala Breen-Walsh
906
Munster:
Eamon O'Brien
23. Paul Connellan
906
Ulster:
Peter F.R. Murphy
24. John Costello
905
Connaught:
John D
Pictured at the IAVI Annual Dinner were (l-r): Cormac Meehan, President, Irish Auctioneers and
Valuers Institute; Minister for justice Nora Owen, guest speaker and Andrew F. Smyth, then
President, Law Society.
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