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GAZETTE
JULY/AUGUST 1987
" W h o Does t he Law
Se r v e?"
At a recent seminar, organised
by the Coolock, Dublin, Community
Law Centre in conjunction with the
Free Legal Advice Centres, Thomas
D. Shaw, Senior Vice-President of
the Law Society, pointed out that
means tests, inevitably delays and
long waiting lists had resulted in
the Civil Legal Aid Scheme failing
to provide the speed and recourse
to justice which anybody con-
nected with the law would like to
have seen. He asked whether it
was better to have the present
Scheme, in its limited and incom-
plete form, or would it be better to
abolish the present Scheme in
favour of some other which must,
of its nature, operate on a totally
voluntary basis, such as at present
operated by F.L.A.C. and the Civil
Legal Aid Board. He regretted that
no system had evolved to enable
the t wo to work side by side. Mr.
Shaw added that the supply of civil
legal aid should be broad and com-
prehensive, and he criticised suc-
cessive governments for failing to
allocate adequate funding for civil
legal aid.
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King's Inns Library on 25 June.
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and the Law Society Reception
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I n t e r na t i onal Labour
Or gan i sa t i on
Miss Justice Mella Carroll has
been appointed to the Administra-
tive Tribunal of the International
Labour Organisation based in Geneva.
She will continue to serve as a High
Court judge in Ireland to which she
was appointed in 1980.
The Tribunal acts as the court of
final appeal in disputes on admin-
istrative and personnel matters
arising between the staff and
management of 23 international
organisations.
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The Hono r ab le Soc i e ty o f
K i ng ' s I nns
A concise illustrative history of the
King's Inns by Daire Hogan,
Solicitor, was launched by the
Chief Justice at a reception in the
Quo t e . . .
"The affairs of too many
clients are dealt with too slowly
and too many clients are not told
or fail to understand how their
affairs are being dealt with."
— from the
Twelfth annual report
of the Lay Observer 1986 (HMSO).
The Lay Observer is appointed
by the Lord Chancellor of England
to review the Law Society's treat-
ment of complaints against sol-
icitors. The present holder of the
office is Mr. Lionel Lightman who
was appointed last year.
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