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the proposal to cap
compensation awards in
personal injuries actions. He is
also in favour of equal
treatment between solicitors
and barristers with regard to
judicial appointments.
Conveyancing Committee
Colm Price
(Chairman)
Kieran Murphy
(Vice-
Chairman)
Owen Binchy,
Vivienne Bradley,
Brid Brady,
Eric Brunker,
John Buckley,
William Devine,
Myra Dinneen,
Paddy Fagan,
Brian Gallagher,
Maeve Hayes,
Brendan McDonnell,
Lisa McManus,
Paul O'Brien,
Rory O 'Donnell,
Patrick Sweetman.
Mi c ha el Pe a rt
Michael Peart
Michael Peart
qualified in
1970 and has worked
exclusively with Pearts,
Solicitors, a firm which
has acted as Dublin Agents
for country solicitors for
over 100 years. Michael has
been appointed to serve on
the Compensation Fund
Committee and the Practice
Management Committee.
Michael is particularly
interested in the current
proposal for the reform of the
courts system, the public's
perception of the profession
and about the Society's
exposure to claims against its
Compensation Fund and in
looking into what further steps
can be taken to reduce the
risks to the Fund.
Criminal Law Committee
JamesJdacGuill
(Chairman),
Garrett Sheehan
(Vice-
Chairman),
Frank Buttimer,
Patricia Casey,
Barry Donoghue,
Bohhy Eagar,
Benen Fahy,
Ernest Hanahoe,
Frank McDonnell,
Niall Sheridan,
Michael Staines.
Education Advisory
Committee
Terence McCrann
(Chairman),
Dudley Potter
(Vice-
Chairman),
Garrett Breen,
Niall Casey,
Paul Connellan,
John Costello,
Jeremiah Cronin,
Antoin Delap,
Barry Donoghue,
Eddie O 'Connor,
Liam Young.
EU & International Affairs
Committee
Petria McDonnell
(Chairman),
John Larkin
(Vice-Chairman),
John Buckley,
Geraldine Clarke,
Maurice Curran,
Michael Irvine,
Philip Lee,
Arthur Moran,
Vincent Power,
Julie Sadlier.
Family Law & Civil Legal
Aid Committee
Brian Sheridan
(Chairman),
Eugene Davy
(Vice-
Chairman),
Stephanie Coggans,
Angela Condon,
Patrick Durcan,
Mary English,
Rosemary Horgan,
Gerry Lambe,
Mary Lloyd,
Joan O'Mahony,
Pauline O'Reilly,
Muriel Walls.
Ma r t in Ha r v ey
Martin Harvey
Martin Harvey
qualified as a
solicitor in 1978 and practices
in the firm of Martin A. Harvey
& Co. which was founded by
his father. Martin has been
appointed to serve on the Pro-
fessional Guidance Committee.
Martin's main objective as a
new member of Council is to
make the Law Society more
user friendly to its members. He
would like to see the Society in
a more representative role of its
members and he is of the view
that the Law Society is in fact
going in that direction.
Gazette Review Committee
Francis D. Daly
(Chairman),
Donald Binchy,
Fionnuala Breen-Walsh,
John Buckley,
John Costello,
Dr. Eamonn Hall,
Elma Lynch,
Michael V. O'Mahony
Director General,
Andrew F. Smyth
(President),
Ward McEllin
(Junior Vice-
President).
Litigation Committee
Ernest Cantillon
(Chairman),
Eugene O'Sullivan
(Vice-
Chairman),
Pat Crowley,
Orla Coyne,
Joseph Deane,
Gerard Doherty,
Ivan Durcan,
Caitriona Gahan,
Patrick Groarke,
Frank Heffernan,
Keenan Johnson,
Joseph Kelly,
James McCourt,
Noel McDonald,
Michael Tyrrell.
Parliamentary and Law
Reform Committee
James MacGuill
(Chairman),
Donald Binchy
(Vice-
Chairman),
Andrew Dillon,
Niall Far re11,
Philip Joyce,
Terence McCrann,
Peter Murphy,
Sean O'Ceallaigh.
Practice Management
Committee
Dominic Dowling
(Chairman),
Michael Irvine
(Vice-
Chairman),
Fred Binchy,
John Glynn,
Graham Hanion,
John Harte,
Barbara Joyce,
Frank Lanigan,
Elma Lynch,
Brian Mahon,
Peter Murphy,
Brian O'Reilly,
Michael Peart,
Robert Pierse.
An d r ew Dillon
Andrew Dillon
Andrew Dillon
qualified in
1973 and lives and works in
West Cork. He has been
appointed to serve on the
Parliamentary & Law Reform
Committee and the Registrar's
Committee.
Andrew is hopeful that the
report of the Review Group
will be seriously considered
and that most, if not all, of its
recommendations will be
implemented.
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