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.
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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.
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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.
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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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