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GAZETTE
JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1980
Annual General Meeting
of the Society
BLACKHALL PLACE, DUBLIN 7
FRIDAY, 23rd NOVEMBER 1979
The President, Mr. Gerald Hickey, took the chair at
11.30 a.m. in the President's Hall, Blackhall Place, on
Friday, 23rd November 1979.
The notice convening the meeting was read by the
Director General, Mr. J . J. Ivers. A list of those attending
the meeting is filed with these minutes.
Minutes
As the minutes of the General Meeting held in the
Great Southern Hotel, Galway, on Friday, 3rd May
1979, were published in the
Gazette
, they were taken as
read, adopted and signed by the President.
Auditors' Report
The adoption of the Auditors' Report and financial
accounts for the year ended 30th April 1979 was
proposed by Mr. M. Curran, seconded by Mr. B. St. John
Blake, and agreed.
On the proposition of Mr. P. D. M. Prentice, seconded
by Mr. A. Smyth, Messrs Coopers & Lybrand were re-
elected as the Society's auditors for the year ending 30th
April 1980.
Council Elections
The Scrutineers' Report on the Council election was
read by the Director General as follows:
Valid Poll 1,159.
Buckley, John F
8 00
Quinlan, Moya
771
Dundon, Joseph L
7 70
O'Mahony, Michael V. ..726
Binchy, Donal G
691
Hickey, G
6 74
Beatty, Walter
6 54
Shaw, Thomas D
647
Osborne, William A
645
Blake, Bruce St. J
6 34
Collins, Anthony E
6 28
Carrigan, John
6 18
Curran, Maurice R
6 13
Daly, Francis D
6 07
O'Donnell, Rory
605
McEvoy, William D
598
Bourke, Adrian P
597
Killeen, Sarah C
586
O'Connor, Patrick
584
Allen, William B
577
Monahan, Raymond T ...570
Shields, Laurence K
5 64
Houlihan, Michael P
563
O'Connell, Michael G
561
O'Donnell, Patrick F
5 60
Margetson, Ernest J
554
Smyth, Andrew F
547
Pigot, David R
513
Donnelly, Andrew J
497
Cullen, Laurence
4 96
Sexton, Harry
4 68
The above members were declared elected.
The following members received the number of votes
placed after their names:
Maher, Austin V
4 51
Dillon, Andrew
4 19
Hoey, B. Vincent
4 08
Mangan, Joseph
374
McCourt, Philip E
328
Glynn, John F. P
2 32
Provincial Delegate (Leinster)
Valid Poll 200
Michael J. Hogan
120 Smyth, Michael
80
Provincial Delegates Returned Unopposed
Connaught:
Patrick J. McEllin, Claremorris, Co. Mayo.
Munster:
Patrick A. Glynn, 84 O'Connell St., Limerick.
Ulster:
Peter F. R. Murphy, Ballybofey, Co. Donegal.
Mr. Hogan and the unopposed members were declared
elected. Noting the results of the election, the President
expressed his thanks to the scrutineers. He commented
favourably on the interest in the election as indicated by
the increased number of votes cast.
Report of the Council
As the Annual Report of the Council for the year
1978-79 had been circulated in the October issue of the
Gazette
, the President took it as read. In presenting the
Report, the President addressed the meeting. He
welcomed the opportunity at this Annual General
Meeting of the Society to refer to some matter of parti-
cular interest to both the profession and the public. The
Society understood that the question of Court juris-
diction is at present under review by the Government and
while there are differing views within the Society as to
precisely the limits of jurisdiction which should be granted
to the Circuit Court and the District Court, he believed
that a fair approximation of the general view would be
that the Circuit Court jurisdiction should be increased to
£10,000 and the District Court to £2,500. If the
Contributors to this issue
William Binchy, B.A., B.C.L., LL.M., Barrister-at-
Law, Research Counsellor, Law Reform Commis-
sion.
William O'Dea, LL.M., Barrister-at-Law, Lecturer
in Law, U.C.D.
P. J. Farrell, B.C.L., Dip. European Law, Solicitor
practising in Dublin.
A. H. Hermann, Legal Correspondent,
Financial
Times.
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