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BOOK REVIEW
Outlines of Irish Taxation 1970-71,
Hugh Hill. Printed
privately by the Leinster Leader, 58-.
This is a very useful pamphlet which will set out under
headings
such
as
"Capital Allowances",
"Personal
Allowances", etc. the various reliefs that can be obtained
on the basis of the current Irish income tax. Strongly
recommended.
Modern Equity,
Hanbury, H. G., 9th edn., 8vo., pp.
XCVI,
738. Butterworth
(Paperback
£3
10s.,
Bound £6), 1969.
Some problems in Equity have always been most intri
cate, but more than 20 years ago, an Irish judge was
struck by the clarity of exposition with which Professor
Hanbury of Oxford had expounded this involved subject.
The tradition set by Professor Hanbury has been most
ably continued by Professor Maudsley,
the present
editor; the text is clear, accurate and readable, and it
is not surprising that this erudite and well conceived
textbook has been recommended by the Law Society.
The modern English law does not obtrude too much,
and yet some interesting modern decisions are quoted.
The fact that the learned author has seen this great
work go ghrough nine editions in 35 years speaks for
itself. This
is very highly recommended pending the
writing of an up to date Irish textbook on Equity.
COMMUNICATIONS CENTRE
The Public Relations and services Committee of the
Council are drawing up a list of members who would
be suitable for training at the Communications Centre
for T.V. and Radio broadcasts to be drawn upon as
required on particular topics. A notice about this matter
appeared in
the issue of the Society's Gazette and a
number of names have been received. Any other members
interested should communicate
immediately with
the
Secretary.
VOLUNTARY BAR FREE LEGAL AID PANEL
The General Council of the Bar of Ireland has invited
Counsel to submit their names to form a voluntary Bar
Free Legal Aid Panel, pending
the decision of
the
Minister for Justice about legal aid fees.
The
following Senior Counsel complied with
the
request : Messrs Padraic Boyd, Gerard Clarke. Declan
Costello, Thomas A. Doyle, S. F. Egan, W. R. Ellis, T.
A.
Finlay, Maurice Gaffney,
J. M. Gannon Liam
Hamilton, V. A. Landy. G. A. Lardiner, P. J. Lindsay,
J. H. G. Lovatt Dolan, Nial] McCarthy, R. J. O'Hanlon,
S. D. O'Hanrahan, T. F. O'Higgins, Peter O'Malley
and Ralph Sutton.
The
following Junior Counsel comp'ied with
the
request :
Miss Mary Bourke
and Messrs.
Francis
Aylmer, George Brady,
lan Candy,
John Collins,
Marcus Daly, Niall Fennelly, Feargus Flood. Robert
Barr, John Cassidy, John D. Cooke, Brian Dempsev,
Bryan D. Fitzsimons, Hugh Geoghegan Andrew S.
Bradley, Denis Vaughan Buckley, Aengus Charleton,
Garrett Cooney, Edward Fahy, Eoghan Fitzsimons,
David
Goldberg,
John Grattan
Esmond, Dermot
Humphreys. Patrick Keane, Dermot Kinlen, Kevin D.
Listen,
Brian McDonald,
Frank Martin, Michael
Moriarty,
John Murray, Brendan Grogan, Robert
Humphries, Nicholas Kearns, Gerard Lee, Dermot
McCarthy,
Patrick Mac
Entee, David Maughan,
Frederick Morris, Henry Hickey, Francis Igoe, Martin
Kennedy, Ronald Lindsay,
J.
E. McCarthy. Rex
Mackey, Erwan Mill Arden, Michael Murphy.
FIRST LEGAL ADVICE CENTRE OPENED FOR
THE POOR
The first neighbourhood law centre in Britain was
opened yesterday
in North Kensington W.
It will
provide a comprehensive legal aid and advice service
for the poorer inhabitants.
The project has been made possible by grants from
the City Parochial Foundation, the Pilgrim trust, and
several
public
companies.
The
centre,
under
the
chairmanship of Mr. Muir Hunter, Q.C., will be run
by Mr. Peter Kandler, a solicitor.
The Law Society has agreed to allow the centre's
solicitors to work free of charge, to represent clients in
court and to operate the legal aid scheme. About 40
solicitors from West London Law Society and some
barristers will support the project by giving advice in
the evenings and at weekends.
The need for such a scheme has been widely recog
nized.
In 1968 a committee of Labour lawyers,
in a
report,
Justice for AH,
proposed the setting up of local
legal centres staffed by salaried lawyers and financed
by the state.
The Law Society has recommended an advisory liason
service to link with local centres administered by the
society. But the Lord Chancellor's advisory committee, in
a report earlier this year, considered that the proposed
service should be
implemented only after further re
search into the reasons why so many people do not get
the legal help they need.
Meanwhile
the committee urged the appointment of
more liaison officers to link with citizens advice bureau
in poor urban areas. The one officer appointed so far
has already conducted surveys into the unmet need f°r
legal services in Camden and North Kensington.
A further proposal of the Law Society, endorsed by
the Lord Chancellor's advisory committee, would enable
anyone financially eligible for legal aid to receive legal
advice from a solicitor up to £25 limit. If implemented
it would greatly facilitate the work at North Kensing
ton.
The centre, which will also employ a community
social worker, aims to break down the barrier between
those in need of legal help and the lawyers whose job
it is to give that help.
Solicitors are often hard to find in poorer areas, and
many people are ignorant of their legal rights. A group
of Conservative
lawyers has proposed paying capital
grants to solicitors who start practice in poor districts.
The centre will have a night service of emergencise.
Law students are encouraged to assist by doing research
in those fields of law such as social security, which are
often overlooked by'the private practitioner.
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