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VOL. 87 NO. 2

MARCH 1993

I N C O R P O R A T E D

L A W

S O C I E T Y

O F

I R E L A N D

GA Z E T TE

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Viewpoint

Solicitors are ineligible for recently advertised posts as

Parliamentary draftsmen in the Attorney General's

office. It is time the Government ended this form of

discrimination against solicitors.

President's Message

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Reflections by the President,

Raymond Monahan,

on an

historic day when 44 Irish/American lawyers were

admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Lawbrief

The remedies available to an employer who is owed

money by an employee; ECJ ruling that judges referring

cases should set out facts and law in detail,

Eamonn

Hall

reports.

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Quality - the Competitive Edge

p

ind out why you cannot afford to miss the Law

Society's annual conference in May; the speakers give a

taste of what they will be saying on the topical issue of

quality management.

Council Endorses Review of Education

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The January and February meetings of the Law Society

Council focused on the need for a review of education

Policy, pressure on solicitors incomes due to the

recession, and other issues.

The Right Type of Mortgage

"There are few of us," writes

Fergus Goodbody,

"who

have not by now been thoroughly confused by conflicting

ciaims of mortgage providers." He provides a guide to the

advantages and disadvantages of endowment loans.

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People and Places

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Book Reviews

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This month we review Guide to the 1992 Group

Accounts Regulations; the Law Reform Commission

Report on the Law relating to Dishonesty; Legal

Aspects of Commercial Sea Fishing in the EEC; and

the Irish Cycling Guide.

Technology News

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"The law is slowly coming to recognise the fax as an

acceptable format," writes

John Furlong,

"and

today's specifications have improved as dramatically

as the price per unit has fallen."

Document Exchanges under Threat?

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A broadly worded proviso in the European

Commission's Green Paper on the development of

postal services in the single market could pose a

threat to the functioning of document exchanges,

writes

Paul Puxon,

Chairman of the Association of

European Document Exchanges.

Disciplinary Cases

Reports of disciplinary cases heard in the High Court

since 1 January, 1993.

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Professional Information

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Notices concerning lost land certificates, lost wills,

employment and miscellaneous advertisements.

Editor:

Barbara Cahalane

Editorial Board:

Eamonn G. Hall,

(Chairman)

Elma Lynch, (Vice Chairman)

John F. Buckley

Justin McKenna

Michael V. O'Mahony

N

°el C. Ryan

Citation: (1993) 87 Gaz ILSI

Advertising:

Seán Ó hOisín. Telephone:

305236 Fax: 307860.

Printing:

Timers Printing Company 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 m this

publication does not necessarily indicate

approval by the Law Society for the product

or service advertised.

Published at Blackhall Place, Dublin 7.

Telephone 710711 Telex: 31219 Fax: 710704.

Front Cover:

The front cover shows

Ms

Maire Geoghegan-Quinn

who was appointed

Minister for Justice on 12 January, 1993.

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