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GAZETTE
APRIL/MAY 1996
Lawyer Gets I.T. Degree
Proinnsias Ó Cillfn,
Barrister-at-Law
and Chief Examiner of Titles in the
Land Registry, has gained a First
Class Honours
B.Sc. degree in
Information Technology at DCU,
(conferred on 9 March, 1996).
This degree, (which aims
"to equip
students with a competence in
information technologies, and a
critical appreciation of their potential
application to the processes of
innovation, management and
administration"),
is acquired by
study at home, under the Distance
Education programme, without the
necessity of attending lectures, the
entire course material being provided
in printed form.
Proinnsias' talent in the I.T. area
have already been felt in the Land
Registry. During the years when he
was Ground Rents Arbitrator, he
computerised the arbitration
procedures and automated the
issue of Vesting Certificates. Most
recently, he has produced
computerised Rulings on Title.
Solicitors dealing with first
registration cases in counties Cork,
Kildare and Wicklow will be
familiar with these. He was one of
the contributors to the
Blueprint for
Registration of Title in the 2lst
Century,
- the UPTCS trade
union's response to the Law
Society's document of 1988 on
the Land Registry and Registry
of Deeds.
Proinnsias is also known to the Law
Society as an artist and the founder of
the Chancery Art Society, which has
held several art exhibitions in the
society's premises in Blackhall Place.
Proinnsias Ó Cillin
Further Information: Proinnsias Ó
Cillin, Land Registry, Irish Life
Centre.
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Capital Acquisitions Tax - New Forms/Guide and Seminars
The Capital Taxes Division of the
Revenue Commissioners will shortly
be issuing the following new forms
and Guide:
• standard Gift/Inheritance Tax Self-
Assessment Return (IT38)
• Guide to completing the Self-
Assessment Return (IT39)
• supplementary claim forms for the
two main CAT reliefs; Agricultural
Relief (IT41) and Business Relief
(IT5).
A 'mail-shot' containing the new
forms etc, will issue around Easter to
all solicitors currently on the Capital
Taxes Division's mailing list.
A number of seminars will be held
shortly to acquaint tax practitioners
with the new forms.
You are invited to attend at the venue
most convenient for you. Capital
Taxes Division will be happy to
respond to requests from local Bar
The seminar dates and venues are as follows:
Venue
Date
Times
Limerick
Castletroy Park Hotel
Wednesday 24 April
2.30 p.m.
Cork
Silver Springs Hotel
Thursday 25 April
2.30 p.m.
Galway
Corrib Great Southern Hotel
Tuesday 30 April
2.30 p.m.
Dublin
Jury's Hotel, Ballsbridge
Tuesday 7 May
2.30 p.m.
Associations to hold further seminars
in other locations.
For further information contact:-
Taxpayer Advisory Service,
Capital Taxes Division,
Dublin Castle,
Dublin 2.
Telephone: (01)679 2777
Ext. 4584/4593
Fax:
(01) 679 3261
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16 Barristers Take Silk
16 new Senior Counsel were called to
the Inner Bar on Friday, 1 March, 1996.
The new seniors include Anne Cruess
Callaghan, SC, Mary Irvine, SC, John D.
O'Hagan, SC, John Peart, SC, Michael
McMahon, SC, Michael Durack, SC,
Martin Giblin, SC, Padraig O'Higgins,
SC, Gerard Clarke, SC, Michael Hanna,
SC, Aedan McGovern, SC, James
Dwyer, SC, Kieran Fleck, SC, Rory
Brady, SC, David McGrath, SC and
John Trainor, SC.
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