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GAZETTE
JUNE 1988
Companies (No. 2) Bill, 1987 ("the Bill") Seminar
10 May, 1988
A Seminar was arranged by the
Society's Company Law Commit-
tee on the proposed changes to be
brought about by the Bill.
This Seminar, introduced by the
Minister for Industry & Commerce,
Mr. Reynolds, was open to the
public and indicated both the con-
tents and the pitfalls that await
t hose engag i ng in c omme r ce
through a limited liability company.
Each part of the proposed legisla-
tion was examined in detail and at
the end of the Seminar a summary
was given which reflected many of
the observations already made on
the Bill to the Department by the
Committee.
The Committee is concerned
about the complexity of the Bill
wh i ch they believe will add an
enormous burden to business and
in particular small businesses
wh i ch are being encouraged in so
many other ways.
The Minister in his opening ad-
dress stated that he is anxious that
the Bill be workable and practical
and will not " t i e up in legal knots
the thousands of honest business-
people in this c oun t r y ". The Com-
mittee believe that the Society
must attempt to play its role in the
simplification of the proposed
legislation.
Solicitors should be aware of the
increasing role that they can have
in the business community through
advising on company and other
commercial legislation. It is the in-
tention of the Committee to both
help the profession in this regard as
well as trying to make the commer-
cial bodies aware of the role
solicitors should have in this impor-
tant area of life.
Excellent papers were prepared
by the members of the Company
Law Committee and it is hoped
that these texts will be circulated
to the profession in the near future.
LAD I ES SOL I C I TORS
GOLF SOC I ETY
The next Outing will be held
in Newlands Golf Club on
Friday, 5 th A u g u s t. For
further details please contact
Ch r i s t i ne S c o tt at ( 01)
7 6 4 6 6 1 (Of f i ce) or (01)
8 0 5 6 78 (Home).
THE LEGAL OFFICES
MILLENNIUM
MIXED SOCCER
COMPETITION
Will be held during the mon th
of July at the Law Society
Playing Field, Blackhall Place.
Applications are available
from City Law Agency Ltd.,
35 Molesworth Street, Dublin
2. Tel. (01) 7 8 5 1 2 2.
CORRECTION
A summary of the decision in the case of
Stephen Flynn
v.
An
Post,
Supreme Court, 3 April, 1987, unreported, was published
in the May issue of the
Gazette, Recent Irish Cases,
at
p.ii. The
summary was erroneously based on the assumption that the ma-
jority view of the Supreme Court was expressed by Henchy J.
and Hederman J. In fact, the majority view was expressed in
the judgment of McCarthy J. w i th wh om Finlay C.J. and Walsh
J. concurred. Thus, the Supreme Court, by a majority, upheld
the third ground of appeal in the case and held that the suspen-
sion of the plaintiff became invalid because of the failure of An
Post to grant the plaintiff a proper hearing within a reasonable
time of his initial suspension.
The Editorial Board regrets that the uncorrected version of the
summary was published. A revised summary of the decision in
this case will be published in full in the next issue of
Recent Irish
Cases.
Attending the Seminar were,
from left,
Mr. Michael Irvine, (Joint Chair-
man, Company Law Committee, speaker), Mr. Thomas D. Shaw, Presi-
dent of the Society, Mr. James J. Ivers, Director General, and Mr. David
Tomkin, (Joint Chairman, Company Law Committee, speaker).
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