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New Council Members
NOTICE
LAND REGISTRY
GROUND RENTS
SECTION
The
Ground Rents Section
of the Land Registry will be
re-locating to the Land
Registry Central Office,
Chancery Street, Dublin 7
with effect from
Monday
13th January 1997
Telephone: (01) 8048180
Director General, Michael V O'Mahony
and other members of the Education
Committee.
10. Advertising
Some minor amendments had been
made to the draft regulations which had
been approved in principle at the
October Council meeting and the
chairman of the Registrar's Committee,
Owen Binchy, sought and obtained the
Council's approval for the new
regulations.
11. Conveyancing
Tribute was paid to the Chairman of the
Conveyancing Committee, Colm Price,
and the other members of the committee
who had succeeded, through protracted
and at times difficult negotiations with
the lending institutions, in establishing a
new standard
certificate of title.
This
would be a tremendous boon to all
conveyancing solicitors.
12. Proposed public defender scheme
The former Chairman of the Criminal
Law Committee, James MacGuill,
reported that the Government was
considering the introduction of a public
defender scheme. The committee was of
the view that such a scheme was
undesirable and would be unfair to
accused persons. Council's approval
was given to engage in a campaign
against the scheme.
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Orla Coyne qualified as a solicitor in 1990
and practises in the firm of Gerard O'Keeffe
& Co
in Dublin.
Orla is very interested in the development
of the education policy of the Law Society.
She would also like to see an improvement in
the public's perception of the profession as
a whole.
Sean Durcan was admitted to the Roll of
Solicitors in 1 981 and has worked in the firm
of Michael Powell
& Co
for 21 years. He has
been treasurer of the Southern Law
Association for the past five years.
Orla Coyne
Seán Durcan
Patricia McNamara
Ruadhan Killeen
Ruodhon Killeen was admitted to the Roll of
Solicitors in 1978 and practises in Killeen
Solicitors, Mountjoy Square, Dublin.
Ruadhan hopes to help the profession
further its aims and make a contribution to a
profession which has been good to him.
Patricia McNamara was admitted to the Roll
of Solicitors in 1983 and practises in the firm
of McNamara
& Co
in Dublin.
Her hope while serving on the Council is
"that a positive attitude will prevail within
and without the walls of Blackhall Place,
ensuring that the profession will be united in
its determination that they and the public
are well served by the Law Society".
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