The Gazette 1993

GAZETTE

Ir ish Soc iety for European Law

Officers and Council for 1993-1994

If you follow this procedure it will

minimise my demands, letters or

phone calls to you. I will feel

confident that you really understand

my circumstances, that you are

capable of dealing with my problem

j and that you care about doing so and

that makes for a much easier life and

less costly communications for you.

Just think how you would

feel if

you

were availing of a

í professional service, wouldn't you like

j to know:-

• What is wrong or needs to be done?

| • Can the problem be remedied?

• How long will it take?

• How much will it cost?

(b)

Afterwards

A good initial consultation will

minimise my communication

demands. However, if you want to

keep me happy, keep in touch.

Establish good communication

standards in your office so that my

phone calls or letters are replied fo

promptly, that I am copied with all

correspondence and that I am

contacted regularly . . . whether there

is something to report or not. There is

nothing more reassuring for me than

to get an unsolicited update on my

case. I would particularly like to know

if there is any change in the likely

outcome, timescale or cost. If you are

up to date you can easily update me.

If my transaction or case involves an

area of law which you are unfamiliar

or uncomfortable with - do yourself,

and me, a favour by passing it on to a

colleague - surveys show that I will

come back to you for other matters.

Once somebody becomes an expert it

is difficult to remember what it was

like to be a layman. Please try to

imagine what it is like to be a client,

i and do not unwittingly exclude me

from the conduct of my own affairs.

Let me know what I need to know, at

! the time I need to know it.

Yours sincerely,

A Client.

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President:

The Hon. Mr. Justice Brian Walsh.

Vice-Presidents:

The Hon. Mr. Justice T. F. O'Higgins

The Hon. Mr. Justice A. O'Keeffe

The Hon. Mr. Justice D. Barrington

Vincent Landy, Senior Counsel

! Finbarr Murphy, Barrister

I Dr. Eamonn G. Hall, Solicitor.

| Chairman!

Vincent Power

Vice-Chairman:

Arthur F. Plunkett, Barrister

Hon. Secretary:

I Anne Walsh, Solicitor

Hon. Treasurer:

Anne Nagle, Solicitor

i Committee

Members:

Nuala Butler, Barrister

Edwina Dunne, Solicitor

I Anthony Collins, Barrister, (Co-editor

of the Society's Journal)

I Edward Donnellan, Barrister

Gerard FitzGerald, Solicitor

Fionnuala Kilcullen, Barrister

Monika Leech, Barrister

Patrick McGovern, Solicitor

John Meade, Solicitor

Kieran Mooney, Barrister

Andrias O Caoimh, Barrister

James O'Reilly, Barrister, (Co-editor

of the Society's Journal)

Bryan Sheridan, Solicitor

Noel Travers, Barrister

Membership of the Society is open to

lawyers and others interested in

European Law. The current annual

subscription is £30 (£10 for students,

and for professional persons of less

than three years standing). The

subscription includes the price of the

Society's Journal which is available to

non-members for £45.

Membership forms and further details

may be obtained from The Registrar,

i Jean Fitzpatrick, Solicitor's Office,

Telecom Eireann, Harcourt Centre, 52

Harcourt Street, Dublin 2. (Tel. 01-

671 4444. Ext. 5929, Fax: 01 679

3980, Electronic Mail (Eirmail)

(Dialcom) 74: EIM076).

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State Solicitors' Annual Dinner

In attendance at the State Solicitors Association Annual Dinner held in Blackhall Place on

1 May, 1993 were l-r: Tim Dalton, Secretary, Department of Justice; Barry Galvin,

Secretary of the State Solicitors Association and Law Society Council Member; Michael

Buckley, Chief State Solicitor; Liam MacHale, President, State Solicitors Association; P. J.

Culligan, Garda Commissioner; Louis Dockery, Chief State Solicitor (retiring), and

Eamonn Barnes, Director of Public Prosecutions.

At the dinner the State Solicitors Association made a presentation to Louis Dockery to

mark his retirement as Chief State Solicitor.

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