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DECEMBER 1993
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Viewpoint
329
The Law Society and the Bar Council have made the case for an
executive agency for the courts. There is an onus on those with a
different point of view to set out clearly why they see it differently.
President's Message
331
The year ahead will be one during which solicitors will again come
under the legislative spotlight, with the reintroduction of the
Solicitors (Amendment) Bill, writes newly-elected President,
Michael V. O'Mahony.
News
330
et seq.
Compensation Fund payments, page 330; Council resolves to campaign
further against capping, page 333; Results of elections to Council
1993/94, page 335; LRC examines plain language, page 344; First
conferring of Diplomas in Property Tax, page 348; Law Society
President criticises paltry legal aid, page 349; Law Society/ICL Niall
McCarthy Essay Prizes awarded, page 357; FLAC Welfare Guides, page
358; Medico/Legal Society Winter Programme, page 361; IBA Biennial
Conference, page 363; Samaritans - someone to listen, page 363.
Practice Notes
343
Revenue undertakings - Publican's licences; Residential Property
Tax/Probate Tax - Requisitions on Title; Local Authority - Shared
Ownership Schene.
People and Places
346
Book Reviews
351
LRC Report on Land Law and Conveyancing Law; LRC Report on
Occupiers' Liability; Textbook on Jurisprudence; The Law of
Company Insolvency.
Probate Tax - The Implications for
Practitioners
355
One of the features of the newly-introduced probate tax is that
practitioners will become the collectors of the tax on behalf of the
Revenue, writes
Richard Grogan.
Law Society/Bar Council submission on
Courts
337
A summary of the joint submission made by the Law Society and the
Bar Council on the courts service, presented to the Minister for Justice
last September.
Mediawatch
339
Media coverage of the criticisms of the Society's submission on the
courts by the President of the High Court and other news stories bearing
on the solicitors' profession during October.
Lawbrief
341
Rules of the Superior Courts amended; Constitutional challenge to
withholding tax credits; Lawyers warned in judicial review cases;
Practice direction on the use of medical reports and reports of expert
witnesses,
Dr. Eamonn Hall
reports.
Seminar on Marital Breakdown
359
Reform of family law must be accompanied by greater resources and
improvement in facilities in the courts and related social services,
according to speakers at the seminar "Marital Breakdown - the legal
and social responses" staged recently by the Public Relations
Committee of the Law Society.
Law School Notices
362
Law School timetable 1994; Apprenticeship - duties of master and
apprentice.
Professional Information
365
Notices concerning lost land certificates; lost wills, employment
and miscellaneous advertisements.
Editor:
Barbara Cahalane
Editorial Board:
Dr. Eamonn G. Hall,
(Chairman)
Elma Lynch, (Vice Chairman)
John F. Buckley
John Costello
Justin McKenna
Noel C. Ryan
Advertising:
Seán Ó hOisfn. Telephone:
305236 Fax: 307860.
Printing:
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Limited, Longford.
The views expressed in this publication, save
where otherwise indicated, are the views of
contributors and not necessarily the views of
the Council of the Law Society. The
appearance of an advertisement in this
publication does not necessarily indicate
approval by the Law Society for the product
or service advertised.
Published at Blackhall Place, Dublin 7.
Telephone 6710711 Telex: 31219 Fax: 6710704.
Front Cover Photograph:
Michael V.
O'Mahony,
President of the Law Society,
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