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GAZETTE
SEPTEMBER1984
Practice Notes
In The Matter of The Companies
(Amendment) Act, 1983
It should be noted that the transitional period for the
re-registration of all existing Public Companies as Public
Limited Companies pursuant to Section 12 of the above
Act expires on the 11th of January 1985. Failure to be
registered in accordance with the provisions of Section 12
or as another form of company will result in prosecution.
A resolution of the Directors of a Company passed by
virtue of Section 12(3)(A) must also be filed.
Sean Dorgan
Registrar of Companies
•
Minimum Salary for Newly Qualified
Solicitors
At its meeting on 13 November, 1984, the Council of
the Society adopted a resolution in the following terms:
"that the Council of the Law Society recommends
that solicitors in the first year of their employment,
should be paid a minimum salry of £7,500."
At the request of some members, the Council wishes to
clarify that it was not the intention that the recommenda-
tion for a minimum salary would apply where newly
qualified solicitors are retained on a temporary basis by
their masters, following the expiry of their indentures,
while such solicitors are seeking employment elsewhere. •
Law Clerks Joint Labour Committee
At the same meeting the Council had before it a report
to the effect that the Law Clerks Joint Labour Committee
had agreed, on a majority vote, to adjust the minimum
wage scale payable to law clerks and other staff in
solicitors offices by;
4% with effect as from the date of Order
4% with effect as from 1st February, 1985.
Because of the protracted negotiations leading up to
the decision by the Joint Labour Committee, the
Employees' Side asked that, as a gesture of good will,
employers be asked to pay the first 4% increase with effect
as from 1st September, 1984. The Council agreed that this
request should be conveyed to the members of the
Society. •
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PEARSE TRUST COMPANY
18 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Tel: (01) 767261
Phelan Gillespie
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