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GAZETTE
DECEMBER 1991
Technology News
Requisitions on Title
The limited number of Irish sourced
support packages has been added
to in the past few weeks with the
launch by the Dublin Solicitors Bar
Association of an automated
requisitions on title package known
as CORT (Computerised Objections
and Requisitions on Title).
The system which incorporates the
standard form of requisition on title
is designed to save time and to
simplify the procedure in respect of
requisitions. The system is
intended for use by solicitors acting
for a vendor who can compile a
standard form of requisition with
the appropriate replies suited to the
sale or transfer in hand.
In using the system, the vendors
solicitor will raise the standard
Requisitions on Title (excluding
obvious requisitions which are
inapplicable to the particular
transaction e.g. flats or licensing
where the sale is of a second hand
dwelling house). The content of the
requisitions cannot be varied from
the current editions issued by the
Incorporated Law Society.
It is envisaged that the vendors
solicitor will send the completed
Requisitions with the appropriate
replies to the purchaser's solicitor
at the time he returns the executed
contract to the purchaser. CORT
operates on IBM compatible PCs
and is available in network versions.
Minimum PC requirements are
512k memory and 2Mb disk. The
system will print to any standard
printer. Further details on the
system are available from Noltag
Computer Services at Dublin (01)
724911. (See also report on page
427)
Moving Documents
When a Word Processed document
is complete the quickest way to
transfer it to counsel or to another
firm who may be making further
revisions of it is by giving them a
copy of the disc with the document
on it. Until now if different
systems were used, the document
required a substantial conversion
process before it could be used,
then when it was transferred back
to the original user the conversion
had to take place all over again.
Now there is news from the United
Kingdom of a system which
enables documents to be sent
between systems by a combination
of fax and computer and which can
provide the means to convert and
check the document at the other
end. Legal Information Exchange
(LIX) has launched a communica-
tions application which allows for
rapid transfer of word processed
documents between its users. The
documents are converted to the
correct word processing version at
either end and the system checks
the received material for formatting
etc. The system also provides for
revision and marking of word
processed drafts in a readable styla
Clearly, the system is only as good
as the number of users and the
company is reported to be actively
recruiting new users throughout
the UK. LIX is a non profit making
distribution company which has
received sponsorship from the
English Law Society and the Bar
Council.
Opening Windowsl
Many practitioners may feel
confused lately by the introduction
into any computer related dis-
cussion of the term "windows".
The term can be used to describe
the product developed by
Macintosh as Windows 3.0 follow-
ing on the Apple/Macintosh range
of applications. In its generic sense,
windows is better described as a
Graphical User Interface.
Graphical User Interface replaces
the cumbersome
operating
methods of keys and commands
with a series of graphical images on
the screen that are manipulated
through a hand held device known
as a mouse. This blend of screen
images called icons and the mouse
pointer makes operation of a
computer system manageable for
the least computer literate amongst
us. Many existing computer
applications are in the process of
introducing the interfaces for use
with their product. Wang have
introduced Upword for use with
Wang WP; Word Perfect are
launching wi ndows for Word
Perfect in late 1991 or early 1992
and Wordstar are working on
Wordstar Legacy for an early
release.
This column is contributed by
members of the
Technology
Advisory
Group, an
informal
grouping of solicitors who, with the
approval
of the
Technology
Committee of the Law Society,
seek to promote awareness and
use of technology within the
profession. Further details from the
Honorary Secretary, John Furlong,
c/o William
Fry,
Solicitors,
Fitzwilton House, Wilton Place,
Dublin 2.
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