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March
1976
and Mr. O'Neill said he understood that Mr. Bates
was now in Court although the order of attachment
had not in fact been executed.
Mr. Bates was then sworn and agreed he had gone
to the Irish Trust Bank premises that morning and
removed certain documents and papers. These were
his own and he did not need an authority to remove
them.
He said there was a room which was leased by the
Irish Trust Bank to a company of his. The papers,
which were unconnected with the Irish Trust Bank,
were in that room. He had not been a director of
the Irish Trust Bank since 1972 nor had he partici-
pated in the day to day running of it. He worked in
the room mentioned, for which he had no bank
papers or documents. The Irish Trust Bank was per-
mitted to use the room for board meetings.
Difficulty in securing personal papers
Mr. Bates said he had made a number of efforts to
have these personal papers returned to him and he
said that Mr. Shortall at first agreed and then changed
his mind. He had gone to the premises, to an office
which was not part of the bank, to collect his docu-
ments. He also had some personal effects over which
it could possibly be said the bank had a lien and he
was very careful to leave them.
Asked by Mr. O'Neill what he had done with the
papers removed, he said he had taken them away and
put them in another premises in Dublin. Asked where,
he said on the quays.
He said it was a matter for the Court to determine
whether the papers belonged to him or to the Irish
Trust Bank. Mr. Bates said it would take about 20
minutes to go and collect them and he told Mr.
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Justice Hamilton he had no objection to being accom-
panied by a Garda.
Later he produced two sacks, a file and a box which,
he said, were the papers he had removed from the
premises that morning. He had taken them to the
Crofton Hotel to sort them and had then taken them
back to the place on the quays which was Ferry
Travel. In sorting them out he had discovered that
there was one file containing documents belonging to
the Irish Trust Bank which must have been placed
among his papers by a member of Mr. Shortall's staff.
Apology and undertaking not to re-enter
Mr. Bates apologised to the Court and gave an
undertaking that he would not re-enter the premises
without authority.
Mr. Justice Hamilton said he thought that in the
circumstances the proper procedure would be to
retain the documents in the custody of the Court
until the appeal had been disposed of. They would
then be handed over to the liquidator and Mr. Bates
could make any application that he wished to the
Court for any documents that he considered personal
to himself or had no connection with the Irish Trust
Bank.
He rescinded the order of attachment.
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INTERNATIONAL SUMMER COURSES IN
LEGAL ASPECTS OF EUROPEAN
INTEGRATION
Amsterdam, 16-27 August, 1976
A General Course and a Specialised "follow-up"
Course, for previous participants, in the Legal Aspects
of European Integration will be held in the Europa
Institute of the University of Amsterdam, 508 Heren-
gracht, Amsterdam, from 16th-27th August, 1976.
The General Course will comprise lectures on the
institutional framework, the judicial remedies and
the substantive Community Law, delivered by Drs.
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The
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fields of Community Law — its judicial remedies, anti-
trust/competition law and Company Law, right of
establishment, and the lecturers will be
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Gerven.
Both courses will be in English and the tuition fee
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arrange their own accommodation. Application forms
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returned before 1st July, 1976.
SOLICITORS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
At the Annual General Meeting of the Solicitors
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was resolved that the Annual Subscription be in-
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