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GAZETTE
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER
1994
(d) Exempted "Towns" under
section 45; Land Act, 1965
(e) Return of Allotment of Shares
(f) Stock Transfer Forms
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(g) Insurance Premium Refunds
arising on Mortgage
Redemptions
(h) Possession Prior to Closing
(i) New Licence Duty for Pubs:
Should it be Apportioned?
(j) Section 59 Notices
(k) Applications for Notaries
Public - amendments to
Superior Court Rules
(1) Leases Carved out of Folios
(m) Probate Tax - Testamentary
Expenses
(n) Residential Property Tax -
Certificate of Clearance
(o) Section 146, Finance Act
1994
(p) Irish Shipping Limited
(Payments to Former
Employees) Act 1994
(q) Directors Responsibilities in
Financial Statements of
Companies
(r) S.I. No. 67 of 1994, Land Act
1965 (Additional Category of
Qualified Person) Regulations
1994
(s) Possessory Title Applications
- Section 146, Finance Act
1994
B. COMMITTEES
Education
1. Participation in the Advisory
Committee on Legal Education
and Training.
2. Discussions with the Heads
and Deans of the Law Faculties
in the five Universities.
3. Provision of two Diploma
Courses in Property Tax in
Cork and Limerick.
4. Participation in the Joint Legal
Education Forum with
representatives from the Law
Societies of England and
Wales, Scotland and Northern
Ireland.
5. Representations to officials of
the Higher Education
Authority concerning
eligibility of Law School
students for higher education
grants.
6. Careers workshops on
developing a CV.
7. Discussions with
representatives of the Bar on
the possibility of joint legal
education and training.
8. Development of a training
manual for apprentices and
masters.
9. In-depth review of the course
content and teaching
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methodology in the Law
School.
Public Relations
1. Eleven issues of the Gazette
published.
2. Annual report 1992/93 and
1993/94 published.
3. Law Directory 1994 published;
1995 Directory in preparation.
4. Second Justice Media Awards
ceremony.
5. Exhibition Stand at the National
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Ploughing Championships.
6. Half-day Seminar on legal
needs of mentally incapacitated
persons held in April 1994.
7. Media training course for Bar
Associations underway - seven
Bar Associations have
participated to date.
8. Information leaflet for clients
on EU Early Retirement
Scheme for farmers was
printed and is available to
solicitors.
9. The Public Relations Executive
dealt with 314 enquiries for
information and comment from
the media.
10. The President of the Society
and the Director General
participated in twenty-six
interviews on RTE (radio and
t.v. bulletins, Morning Ireland,
Pat Kenny Show, Tuesday File,
etc.).
11. The Public Relations Executive
gave thirty interviews to local
radio stations on matters of
concern to the profession.
12. The Society issued thirty-seven
press releases.
13. Leaflets on the Society's
complaints-handling
procedures are in the course of
preparation.
14. The Public Relations Executive
frequently gives advice and
assistance to individual
members of the profession
when they are approached by
the media for comment about
matters relating to themselves
or their clients.
Registrar's
1. In 1993/94, the Complaints
Department received 7,070
letters, 1,501 of which related
to new matters. A total of 1,200
complaints were dealt with.
2. Meeting with representatives
from the Solicitors Complaints
Bureau in the UK.
Company and Commercial Law
1. On-going monitoring of
domestic and EU legislation.
2. Meetings and discussions with
the Companies Office to
resolve difficulties
encountered by practitioners.
3. Participation in the working
party of the Irish Stock
Exchange.
4. On-going monitoring of
decisions of the Competition
Authority.
5. Practice Note issued to every
firm regarding the Competition
Act and category licences for
exclusive distribution
agreements.
6. Participation in and
submissions to the Company
Law Review Group established
by the Minister for Enterprise
and Employment in April
1994.
Conveyancing
1. Re-draft of the standard form
of Certificates of Compliance
to take into account the
enactment of the Building
Control Act and the resulting
building regulations.
2. Approval of the form of
certificates issued by the RIAL
3. Review of the General
Conditions of Sale and the
Requisitions on Title.
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