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JULY/AUGUST 1993
j Irish Conveyancing
Precedents
! by Mary Laffoy SC, with Deborah
Wheeler, Butterworths 1992, approx.
620 pages, issue with binder £110.
I have been asked by the Editorial
Board of the
Gazette
to review the
Irish Conveyancing Precedents
recently published under the Irish
Property Series by Butterworths.
; It has been edited by my good friend
; Mary Laffoy
SC and each precedent
has been annotated by
Deborah
Wheeler
BL.
I am sure neither Mary nor Debbie
require any introduction to the
j solicitors' profession, and I know it
would be accepted that they are both
leading experts in their field. The
preparation of the book must have
been a huge demand on their time and
efforts in their busy practices.
It seems to me that by being asked
to review this book, all my
| Christmasses and birthdays have come
together.
It is a book which will grow in its
contents, but the precedents which are
already available include charities,
conveyances, settled property,
receivers and liquidators, sub-sales,
deeds of exchange and deeds of
family arrangement. While other
Pictured at the launch of Irish Conveyancing Precedents by Mary Laffoy were l-r: Mary Laffoy;
the President of the Law Society, Raymond Monahan who launched the book; Professor John
Wylie, a Director of the Publishers, Butterworths (Ireland), and Deborah Wheeler BL.
issues will be awaited with baited
breath by the profession, in its current
form it is already an invaluable aid to
any conveyancing solicitor.The clarity
of the drafting of the precedents is, of
course, what most of us who know
Mary have come to know and expect
and the clear way in which the book is
set out make it a pleasure to use.
It was a tremendous task for Mary
Laffoy and Debbie Wheeler to
undertake this important venture and
the legal profession owes a huge debt
of gratitude to them.
The days of discomfort and uncertainty
of using an English precedent book and
adapting it to an Irish legal situation
are now over which will be a matter of
great relief to many a conveyancer.
There are many other worthy
contributors to the book mentioned
therein and the profession's debt to
those busy people, must be recorded.
I don't wish to sound like a book
salesman, but I really feel every
solicitor should have this on their desk.
All in all, I feel it is an invaluable
book and is probably the most
important and useful book published
in many years for a conveyancing
solicitor.
Elma Lynch
•
Irish Sol icitors Golfing
Results of Captain's Prize
Winner;
Eamon Kelly - 44 points.
Runners Up:
Alan Mitchell - 40 points.
Kevin O'Donnell - 40 points.
St. Patrick's Plate
Winner:
Jimmy Walsh - 40 points.
Second:
Pat Reidy - 37 points.
Handicaps 13-28
Winner:
Barry Doyle - 38 points.
Society
Runner-up:
John Foley - 38 points.
Director General's Cup
Winner:
Mark Connellan - 35 points.
Front Nine
Winner:
Dermot Neilan - 23 points.
Back Nine
Winner:
Noel McDonald - 20 points.
William Jolley
Hon. Secretary.
D
Lady Sol icitors Golf
Outing
The Annual "Lady Solicitors" Golf
Outing will take place at Blainroe
Golf Club, Co. Wicklow on Friday, 3
September, 1993.
i All last year's players will receive a
circular shortly. If you did not take
part last year but would like details,
please telephone 6770335 with your
name and address.
I Anne Crawford
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