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GAZETTE
JANUARY/ FEBRUARY 1984
Practice Notes
Acceptance of Service involving
Lloyd's Underwriters
It is unnecessary to make an application for leave to
serve out of the jurisdiction in proceedings in which
Lloyd's of London or Lloyd's Underwriters or syndicates
are a named Defendant.
Pursuant to Clause 11 (D) of the European Communi-
ties (Non Life Insurance) Regulations 1976 (S.I 115 of
1976), the Lloyd's General Representative is obliged to
accept service of such proceedings on behalf of any such
Defendant and will do so at his registered address.
RAYMOND P. McGOVERN,
Lloyd's Underwriters' Sole General Representative,
11, Lower Ormond Quay,
Dublin 1.
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Family Home Protection Act, 1976.
Transfer of Sites for Dwellinghouse —
Certificates for Land Registry
The attention of Practitioners is drawn to the
provisions of Section 2 (2) of the Family Home Protection
Act which prescribes
inter alia
that a "dwelling" includes
"any garden or portion of ground attached to and usually
occupied with the dwelling or otherwise required for the
amenity or convenience of the dwelling".
It should be borne in mind that a site for a dwelling-
house which has been carved out of a holding may,
although no house or building may ever have been on the
site, still have formed part of a "garden or ground
attached to and usually occupied with a dwelling", etc.
Solicitors should take this into account when framing
certificates for the Land Registry.
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COMMENT
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complained about the unsatisfactory nature of such
bonds and has attempted to impose unworkable
conditions in planning permissions in relation to future
bonds.
These are but two recent examples of the phenomenon
of increasingly large numbers of people escaping either
individual or collective liabilities to the public in general,
while endeavouring to impose even stricter obligations on
the shrinking number of people who must bear such
liability and who are engaged in the provision of essential
services to the community. It is an unattractive feature of
the growth of consumerism that it is increasingly spurred
on by those who are immune, either because of the nature
of their work, or their status, from the sort of consumer
protection they so forcefully advocate. The limited
jurisdiction given to the newly appointed Ombudsman
points out the desire to conform to the norms of other
democracies, however belatedly, while ensuring that as
few boats as possible will be rocked within this
jurisdiction.
"No Taxation without Representation" was the battle
cry of the American Colonists in the 1770s. "No control
without responsibility" might well be the private sector's
equivalent slogan for the remainder of the 1980s.
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ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
IN IRELAND
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland is an inde-
pendent Institution founded in 1784. It has responsibil-
ity for postgraduate education of surgeons, radiologists,
anaesthetists, dentists and nurses. The College manages
an International Medical School for the training of
doctors, many of whom come from Third World
countries where there is a great demand and need for
doctors.
Research in the College includes work on cancer,
thrombosis, high blood pressure, heart and blood vessel
disease, blindness, mental handicap, birth defects and
many other human ailments. The College being an
independent institution is financed largely through gifts
and donations. Your donation, covenant or legacy, will
help to keep the college in the forefront of medical
research and medical education. The College is
officially recognised as a Charity by the Revenue
Commissioners. All contributions will be gratefully
received. Enquiries to: The Registrar. Royal College of
Surgeons in Ireland. St. Stephen's Green. Dublin 2.
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