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GAZETTE
DECEMBER 1993
Philip Joyce,
Ernest Margetson,
Edward McEllin,
Laurence Shields,
John Shaw,
Andrew Smyth.
Solicitors Retirement Fund
Gerald Hickey
(Chairman),
Anthony Collins
(Vice-Chairman),
Walter Beatty,
Donal Binchy,
Geraldine Clarke,
Maurice Curran,
Gordon Holmes,
Ernest Margetson,
Patrick Treacy.
James McCourt
James McCourt,
who is a former
chairman of the Society of Young
Solicitors, practises in the firm of
George D. Fottrell & Sons and is one
of the DSBA nominees to Council for
the year 1993/94. As a member of the
PR Committee for the coming year he
is anxious to address the public
relations image of the profession. He
is very concerned about the proposal
to cap personal injuries awards and
will be encouraging the Society to
resist it by every means. He is also
interested in the area of legal
education and believes that the
Society must arrive at a definitive
policy on admissions which will deal
with the issue of numbers wishing to
enter the profession. James McCourt
says the policing role of the Society is
also important and that more must be
done to identify solicitors who are in
difficulty before default occurs.
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Taxation Committee
John Fish
(Chairman),
Desmond Rooney
(Vice-Chairman),
Walter Beatty,
Brian Bohan,
John Costello,
Frank Daly,
Caroline Devlin,
David Donegan,
David Glynn,
Ciaran Keys,
Peter Maher,
Tom Martyn,
Paul McNally,
Eugene
O'Connor,
John O'Connor,
Michael
O'Connor,
Patricia
Rickard-Clarke,
Paul Smyth.
Technology Committee
Raymond Monahan
(Chairman),
Frank Nowlan
(Vice-Chairman),
Michael Browne,
Harry Barry,
James Heney,
John O'Donnell,
; Michael
O'Sullivan,
Seamus Toomey.
Younger Members Committee
John Shaw
(Chairman),
Orla Coyne
(Vice-Chairman),
John Campbell,
Pat Casey,
Stephanie
Coggans,
Pat Crowley,
Graham Hanlon,
Robert Hennessy,
Rosemarie Loft us,
Paula Murphy,
Michael Nugent,
Eddie
O'Connor,
Orla O'Neill.
Representatives of The Society on
Other Bodies
Joint Consultative Committee with
Bar Council
Michael V. O'Mahony
(Chairman),
Raymond T. Monahan
(Vice-Chairman),
Geraldine Clarke,
Gerard Doherty,
Barry St. J. Galvin,
Moya Quinlan,
Ken Murphy,
Pat O'Connor,
Paddy Glynn.
Gerard Doherty
Gerard Doherty,
prior to his election
to Council this year, had already
clocked up four years' experience on
the Council as a DSBA nominee and
served as Chairman of the Litigation
Committee from 1990 to 1993. He
says he is disturbed by current trends
in personal injuries litigation and is
committed to ensuring that the Society
opposes any proposal to cap personal
injuries awards. This year he will
serve as chairman of the Law Clerks
Joint Labour Committee and as Vice-
Chairman of the Professional
Purposes Committee. He is joint
principal of the firm O'Reilly Doherty
which also employs two solicitors.
Advisory Committee on Legal
Education & Training
Patrick
O'Connor,
Ken Murphy,
Richard Woulfe.
Medical Bureau of Road Safety
Gerard Griffin
Registration of Title Rules
Rory McEntee
Irish Legal Terms Advisory
Michael J. O'Kane