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GAZETTE
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APRIL 1994
Young Sol i c i tors Spr i ng
Con f e r ence Success
The Society of Young Solicitors Ireland
Spring Conference 1994 was held
jointly with the Northern Ireland Young
Solicitors Association at the Slieve
Russell Hotel & Country Club, Co.
Cavan, from Friday 11 March to Sunday
13 March 1994. It was an historic
conference as it was the first ever joint
conference of the two Societies.
We were delighted to welcome quite a
number of lawyers from England and
Wales, Belgium, Scotland, France,
Luxembourg and Holland who had
travelled to attend the conference.
The Lectures chosen were highly
topical.
Brian J. Cregan,
BL,
addressed the topic "The
Implementation of the Commercial
Agents Directive in Irish Law". Mr.
Cregan outlined the terms of the
directive which considerably
strengthens the position of commercial
agents vis-a-vis their principals.
The second topic on the Saturday
morning was the recent decisions and
directions of the Irish Competition
Authority.
John Meade,
Solicitor,
Arthur Cox, reviewed the recent and
well-publicised decision of the
Competition Authority to refuse to
grant a certificate or licence in respect
of the proposed takeover by Irish
Distillers of Cooley Distillery. On
Sunday morning
Ann Harrison,
Harbottle & Lewis, gave a presentation
on entertainment law.
Despite the bad weather, quite a
number of delegates enjoyed the
Saturday afternoon golf at the Slieve
Russell Country Club, the horse riding
and the Leadership Challenge.
The Conference was also attended by
Mr. Justice
Hugh O 'Flaherty
of the
Supreme Court and Lord Justice
Turlough O 'Donnell,
formerly of the
Court of Appeal of Northern Ireland.
The Saturday night banquet was a great
success, at which we were honoured to
At the Conference were hack row l-r: Declan O'Sullivan, John Dwyer, Jeremy Mills. Middle row
l-r: Owen O'Sullivan, Garrett Fennell, Paul White, Chairman, Society of Young Solicitors; Walter
Beatty, Julian Yarr, Gavin Buckley. Front row l-r: Paula Murphy, Denise Magill, Jennifer Clifford,
Neasa O'Roarty, Louise Taylor, Jill Downing, Elizabeth Crilly, Chairman, Northern Ireland Young
Solicitors Association; Keelin Kirrane, Sandra Duffs', Michael McCracken.
have the President of the Cavan
Solicitors Bar Association,
George
Moloney
and his wife,
Maire.
The conference was very well attended
and, once again, we would like to thank
our sponsors, principally The
Investment Bank of Ireland Limited,
without whose continued support our
conferences could not continue. We are
also extremely grateful to our other
sponsors, namely, Behan & Associates,
Rochford Brady, Rank Xerox, Sweet &
Maxwell, Norwel Ireland Limited,
Butterworth Ireland Limited, Irish
Document Exchange, Oak Tree Press,
Doyle Court Reporters, Dooleys,
Solicitors Financial Services Limited
and Gill & Macmillan Limited.
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Walter Beatty,
Public Relations Officer,
Society of Young Solicitors.
E u r o p e an C o u r t D e c i s i o ns
The EU produces regular reports of
the proceedings of the Court Justice
and Court of First Instance of the
European Communities. The reports
are free and available to any solicitor
who applies for them.
In 1993 there were approximately 250
decisions reported in 38 issues of the
reports. The reports are presented in a
format similar to that of the Irish
Reports, i.e. a synopsis of the facts
and the decision of the Court is given
in a head note.
The reports would be of use to
solicitors who wish to keep abreast of
European Court decisions and their
impact on Irish law. Any member of
the profession who wishes to receive
the reports should write to request an
application form to:
Court of Justice of the European
Communities,
Information Service,
Ref: Proceedings,
L2925 Luxembourg.
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