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GAZETTE
DECEMBER 1988
The Disciplinary Committee is a
fact finding body. After an inquiry
s h o u ld t he C omm i t t ee
f i nd
mi s conduct it must report its
findings to the President of the
High Court.
The Disciplinary Committee has
no power to impose any penalty or
sanction on a solicitor but may
recommend that a solicitor be
struck off the Roll of Solicitors,
suspended, or the imposition of a
fine, payment of expenses or other
a p p r o p r i a te s a n c t i on to t he
President of the High Court. The
f u n c t i on to ac cept any such
recommendation is vested only in
the President of the High Court.
The President of the High Court
will consider the report received
from the Disciplinary Committee
and may strike the name of a
solicitor off the Roll of Solicitors or
make any ancillary order as the
Court may think fit.
This year the Committee noted
w i t h concern that the basis of the
majority of complaints was the
failure of solicitor-respondents to
reply to co r r espondence f r om
complainants and the Society, or to
attend meetings of the Registrar's
Committee of the Law Society
when requested to do so. I would
like to take this opportunity to
emp h a s i se to s o l i c i t o rs
t he
i mp o r t a n ce
of
r e p l y i ng
to
co r r espondence and a t t end i ng
meetings of the Registrar's Com-
mittee. This Committee views and
will continue to view these failures
as very serious and as sufficient
grounds for misconduct and in the
absence of an adequate explana-
tion will report such findings to the
Pr es i dent of t he H i gh Cou rt
accordingly.
Mr. Michael Hogan was appoint-
ed to the Committee in October
1987 for a period of five years.
I would like to express my thanks
to the members of the Committee
for all their hard work and assist-
ance during the year. Not alone do
t he memb e rs give up many
valuable hours attending Com-
mi t t ee hearings, but are also
involved in reading the papers
relating to each case, wh i ch some-
times run into hundreds of pages.
A special word of thanks is due
to Ms. Mary Lynch, the Clerk to the
Committee, whose invaluable assist-
ance and dedication to the work of
the Committee during the past year
is greatly appreciated.
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SOLICITORS
BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
The
Solicitors Benevolent Association
is pleased to announce that
Mr. Thomas A. Menton of O'Keeffe & Lynch, Solicitors, Dublin, and
Miss Rosemary Kearon of Ulster Bank Limited, Legal Department,
have been appointed Metropolitan Directors and Mr. Niall Kennedy
of Kennedy Frewen & Co., Tipperary, has been appointed Provincial
Director of the Association.
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N O T I C E
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth
Annual General Meeting of the SOLICITORS BENEVOLENT
ASSOCIATION will be held at the Incorporated Law Society's
Building, Blackhall Place, Dublin, on Thursday, the 9th of March,
1989, at 12 noon:
1. To consider the annual Report and Accounts for the year ended
30 th November, 1988.
2. To elect Directors.
3. To deal w i th other matters appropriate to a General Meeting.
Clare Leonard,
Secretary.
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