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structures are going to be put in place
to achieve it?"
She spoke about the interface between
the legal profession and mediators and
said that some couples came to
mediation without having obtained
legal advice. However, it was rule of
mediation that if it became apparent
that there was a need for legal advice
then the couple should obtain it and
bring it back to the mediation. Usually
a solicitor was involved, at the final
stage of the process to draw up the
agreement between the couple. Mary
Lloyd said it was important that solic-
itors should be aware of the benefits
of mediation and point them out to
their clients.
Need for a forensic child psychiatry
service
The seminar was also addressed by Dr.
Gerry Byrne
, a child psychiatrist at the
St. John of God Child & Family
Centre, who told the seminar that there
was a need for a forensic child psy-
chiatry service which could deal with
all aspects of children's involvement
with the courts ranging from custody
and access assessments through to
assessments on guardianship, adoption
and juvenile delinquency. He said
there had been a marked increase in
the number of referrals to child psy-
chiatry centres for assessments for
legal cases. Unfortunately, the centres
were unable to cope with the number
of referrals that were being made. The
waiting list for routine referrals for
child psychiatric disorders varied
between six months and two years in
some clinics. Referrals could be dealt
with privately but in reality this was
not an option for those on low in-
comes, while the reimbursement
that was available from the
Legal Aid Board was grossly
inadequate.
Participants at the seminar were
charged a modest fee and the proceeds,
£500, are being donated to FLAC.
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Barbara
Cahalane
NOVEMBER 1993
Med i co - Legal Soc i e ty
Winter Progr amme 1 9 9 3 / 94
Council 1993/94
Patron:
President:
Professor P. D. J.
Holland
Nora Gallagher,
Solicitor
Immediate
Past President:
Vice-President:
Dr. Anne Clancy
Professor P. N.
Meenan
Honorary Secretary:
Brendan Garvan,
Solicitor
Honorary Treasurer.
-Dr. Donal
MacSorley
Honorary Auditor:
Dr. Sheila Willis,
Ph. D.
Legal:
Judge Cassidy
Judge Hussey
Judge King
Raymond Downey, Solicitor
Dr. E.G. Hall, Solicitor
Carmel Killeen, Solicitor
Mary MacMurrough Murphy, B.L.
Emer O'Donoghue, Solicitor
Tom Kennedy, Solicitor
Niall Browne, Solicitor
Medical:
Dr. Declan Gilsenan
Dr. Robert Towers
Dr. Desmond McGrath
Professor John Harbison
Professor Max Ryan
Dr. Sarah Rogers
Dr. Charles Smith
Dr. Seamus Ryan
Dr. Enda Dooley
Lectures:
Thursday 25 November, 1993:
Monica McWilliams,
Senior Course
Tutor, Faculty of Social and Health
Sciences, University of Ulster.
- "Violence Against Women"
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Thursday 27 January, 1994:
Nora Gallagher,
Solicitor.
- "Presidential Address"
Thursday 24 February, 1994:
The Hon. Mr. Justice
Feargus Flood,
Judge of the High Court.
- "The Role of The Judge"
Thursday 24 March, 1994:
Judge
Sean Delap,
Judge of the District
Court.
- "Community Service"
Lectures take place at
6.30 pm sharp
at
The United Service Club, St. Stephen's
Green, Dublin 2, by kind permission.
Members and their guests are invited to
joint the Council and guest speakers for
dinner at the Club at
8.30 pm after
each lecture.
Members intending to
dine must communicate, not later than
the previous day, with
Mary
MacMurrough Murphy,
BL at 2
Whitebeam Road, Clonskeagh, Dublin
14. (Telephone 269 4280) or at the Law
Library, Four Courts, Dublin 7. (Direct
Dial Telephone No. 702 4828).
Membership of the Society is open to
members of the medical and legal pro-
fessions and to others especially interested
in medico-legal matters. The current
annual subscription is £10.00. Member-
ship proposal forms and full details may
be obtained from
Mary MacMurrough
Murphy,
BL at the above address.
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