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GAZETTE

N E W S

L u n a t i c L a w y e r s Ra i se £ 1 1 , 0 0 0

A group of self-styled "lunatic

lawyers" cycled from the Northmost

Lifeboat Station in Buncrana to

Baltimore Lifeboat Station in West

Cork - a distance of 345 miles - in aid

of the Lifeboat Service in Ireland, the

Solicitors Benevolent Association and

the Bar Benevolent Association.

The three-day cycle which took place

from 25 - 27 August, (average daily

mileage: 115 miles, average speed:

14.9 mph) raised over £11,000 which

will be split between the three

charities. Donations from members of

the profession are still welcome and

every donor of £50 or more will

participate in a draw for a number of

valuable prizes, including a £300 cash

prize, weekends for two, or £250

worth of books.

This was not the first outing of the

Lunatic Lawyers Cycling Club. In

1989 the "lunatics" cycled from Malin

to Mizen head in aid of the Hospice

Foundation and in 1990 a three-day

cycle was undertaken for the

Haemophilia Society.

This year's lunatics were: Solicitors

Brendan Walsh, Vivian Matthews

and

Frank Lanigan; Ercus Stewart SC

and

Cormac O 'Dualachain BL;

Accountant

James Barry

and

Walter

Coleman

of Coleman Cycles Carlow

who was

Chef d'Equipe.

All donations would be gratefully

accepted and may be sent to:

Frank Lanigan,

Court Place, Carlow.

C o u n c i l

E l e c t i o ns

1994/5

The closing date for nominations for

election as a member of the Law

Society Council is Friday October 28.

A candidate must be nominated by

two members of the Society and the

nomination form must be returned to

the Director General of the Society,

Noel Ryan,

by that date.

Ballot papers for the 1994/5 election

will be distributed to members of the

Society by 7 November and must be

returned to the Society by Thursday

17 November 1994.

Counting of the ballot papers will take

place on 18 November.

At the Half-yearly General Meeting of

the Society on 12 May 1994,

Walter

Beatty, Laurence Branigan, Terence

Dixon, Andrew Donnelly, Eamonn

Hall, John Maher, Adrian O 'Gorman,

Donal O'Hagan, Hugh O'Neill, Peter

Prentice, Michael A Staines, John

Reidy, Colm Price, William Young

and

Noel Ryan,

Director General,

were appointed scrutineers for the

Council ballot.

Annual Gene r al

Me e t i ng

The Annual General Meeting of the

Society will take place on

24 November at 6.30 p.m. in the

Presidents' Hall at Blackhall Place.

Prior to the AGM all members of the

Society will receive a notice of the

meeting, agenda, and detailed minutes

of the Half-yearly General Meeting of

the Society held on 12 May last, along

with a copy of the Annual Report

1993/94 and the financial statements

of the Society to 31 December 1993.

Annual

Con f e r ence 1 9 95

The dates of Thursday 11 May to

Sunday 14 May have been set for the

1995 Annual Conference of the

Society which will take place in the

five star Hotel Europe, Killarney, set

in the spectacular surroundings of the

Killarney lakes.

Full details of the conference and the

various accommodation packages

available to delegates will be

published in a brochure which will be

distributed to all members of the

Society next January.

OCTOBER 1994

C o n c e r n a b o u t

d r a f t P D f o r m s

At the meeting of the Council of the

Society on 16 September concern was

expressed about the content and

format of a new draft particulars

delivered forms which the

Revenue Commissioners intend to

promulgate.

The Revenue Commissioners have

sought the views of the Society

concerning the proposed new PD

form which would contain the

following features:

• extend the PD requirement to

include voluntary dispositions

• require a tax reference number for

each of the parties to the instrument

• require a broad description of the

property to be transferred.

Council members objected in

principle to a solicitor having to sign

the forms when the matters concerned

had nothing to do with his or her own

client. Council members said that the

Revenue, in effect, were imposing

additional costs on clients solely for

the purposes of gathering

information.

It was also noted that the forms were

not suitable for photocopying and

were not computer-friendly.

The Chairman of the Taxation

Committee,

John Fish,

informed the

Council that the Committee would be

making representations to the

Revenue Commissioners on these

matters and would also propose

that a solicitor for a vendor should

only be responsible for returning the

vendor's details and likewise a

solicitor acting for a purchaser would

be responsible only for details

relating to the purchaser.

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