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GAZETTE
JUNE 1988
Younger Members News
SYS Spring Seminar 1988
Approximately one hundred and
eighty young (and some not so
young!) solicitors attended the
Spring Seminar of the Society of
Young Solicitors at the Great
Southern Hotel, Galway, f r om the
15th to 17th April last. As always,
the weekend was highly successful
both f r om the social and, more
importantly, the educational point
of view.
There was great interest among
those attending the Seminar in the
lectures delivered by each of the
distinguished guest speakers. On
Sa t u r day mo r n i ng, Mr. Ad r i an
Glover of Hayes & Sons imparted a
useful, and, often witty, lecture on
t he " P r a c t i c al D i f f i c u l t i es in
Med i cal Neg l i gence ". He was
followed by Mr. Justice Ronan
Keane w ho gave an excellent
account of recent developments in
Company Law, w i t h particular
emphasis on the implications of the
pending Company Law Bill. The
Sunday morning spot was reserved
for Commissioner Eamonn Doherty,
and i ndeed all p r e s ent we re
delighted to have the opportunity of
hearing the Commissioner give a
most impressive delivery on " T he
Garda Síochána and the Law Today".
On Saturday afternoon a small
r ecep t i on was hos t ed by the
Galway Solicitors Bar Association
at Aras Fáilte, Eyre Square, to
welcome the SYS to Galway. Those
attending the reception included
the President of the G.S.B.A., Mr.
Ciaran Keys, the Deputy Lord
Mayor, Mrs. Bridie O'Flaherty, and
the County Registrar, Mr. Sean
O'Donnell.
Once again the Saturday Night
Banquet proved to be a thoroughly
enjoyable affair. The guests of the
Society relaxed w i th pre-dinner
drinks in the Roof Top Bar at the
Great Southern while the remaining
t wo hundred and t we n ty or so
attendants preferred drinks in one
of the t wo other smart refreshment
areas of the hotel. The Banquet
itself was run most efficiently and
after dinner the Chairman, Mr.
Michael Quinlan, we l comed the
guests of the Society, namely Mr.
and Mrs. Maurice Curran, Mr. and
Mrs. J im Ivers, Mr. and Mrs.
O'Reilly, Mr. Christopher Mahon
and also, of course, the three Guest
Speakers and Mrs. Glover. The
Chairman on behalf of the Society,
was also delighted to we l come
representative Guests from the
equivalent of the SYS in Northern
I r e l and,
Eng l and,
and
t he
Netherlands.
In the course of the evening
presentations were made to the
Prize W i n n e rs of t he Tennis
Tournament wh i ch was held on
Saturday afternoon. A collection
was also made for the Solicitors
Benevolent Fund and this yielded a
return of over £240.
A f t e r d i nne r, a ma r v e l l o us
mixture of music was delivered by
an excellent local foursome. In
keeping w i t h tradition the Banquet
continued into the early hours of
Sunday morning. We are reliably
informed that it was many a weary
body that made its way home on
Sunday evening after yet another
superb SYS weekend.
Sponsorship for the Seminar was
provided by the Investment Bank of
Ireland, Star Computers, Law Place-
ments and Butterworths/ITELIS.
We understand the SYS are or-
ganising a further Seminar, jointly
w i th the Bar, in Kilkenny from
November the 4 th to the 6 th
next . . . so don't forget to note this
in your diaries!
MIRIAM REYNOLDS
SOCIAL WELFARE
LAW COURSE
The Centre for the Study of Family Law
and Social Welfare Law is offering a short,
intensive 3-week course of lectures on
Social Welfare Law, beginning on Monday,
12th September, 1988.
The purpose of the course is to familiarise
the participants with the law relating to the
income maintenance schemes administered
by the Department of Social Welfare and
the Health Boards. Particular attention will
be paid to the recent extension of social
insurance to the self-employed, the legal
implications of the EEC Equal Treatment
Directive; the Report of the Commission on
Social Welfare and the various recent
judicial decisions on social welfare matters.
The number of places on the course is
limited, and there is a course fee of £40*
Six two-hour lectures, from 7.00 to 9.00
p.m. will be given on the Mondays and
Wednesdays of the 3 weeks beginning
Monday, 12th September.
Enquiries and applications should be
directed to:
Mr. Gerry Whyte,
c/o School of Law,
Trinity College,
Dublin 2.
(* Special rates for the unwaged)
FOR YOUR DIARY
3rd CELIM Conference on Liability
in the Information Age: a European
Perspective, Brussels 27-28 June,
1988.
Contect
Robert Clarke,
Faculty of Law, U.C.D.
International Chamber of
Commerce:
Cyprus National
Committee, one-day Seminar on
International Commercial Arbitration
in Nicosia, 1 July 1988.
Contact
ICC
Cyprus National Committee, P.O. Box
1455, Nicosia, Cyprus. Tel:
449500/462312, Tlx. 2077.
AIJA Congress,
Mun i ch 5-9
September, 1988.
Contact
Michael
Irvine, Matheson Ormsby & Prentice,
20 Upper Merrion Street, Dublin 2.
Tel: (01) 760981, Tlx: 93310/90277,
Fax: (01) 609744/760501.
IBA 22nd Biennial Conferences
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 25-30
September, 1988.
Contact
the IBA
Office at 2 Harewood Place, Hanover
Square, London WIR 9HB, and for
details of group travel from Ireland,
Alan Benson, Easy Travel, 38 Lr.
Stephen Street, Dublin 2. Tel: (01)
772057/716714.
UIA Conference,
Barcelona, 11-15
October, 1988. Contact Congress
Secretariat, OTAC S.A. Congress
Organization, Sepulveda 45-47,
08015 Barcelona, Spain.
1988 Bar Conference, London, 1-2
October, 1988.
Contact
Conference
Organiser: Blair Communications &
Marketing, 117 Regents Park Road,
London NW1 8UR. Tel. (031) 483
2297, Tlx: 265181, Fax: (031) 586
0639.
European Transport
Law,
International Maritime Congress on
EEC Regulations, Antwerp, 25/26
November, 1988.
Contact
Robert H.
Wijffels, Advocaat, Maria-Henriettalei
1, 2018 Antwerp, Belgium.
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