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
45
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
47
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.
49
51
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
54
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.
57
People and Places
60
Book Reviews
63
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
71
"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?
74
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.
75
Professional Information
77
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.
43