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GAZETTE
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1983
Annual General Meeting of
the Society, Blackhall Place,
Dublin 7. Friday, 12
November, 1982
The President, Mr. W. Brendan Allen, took the
Chair. At the outset he welcomed Mr. David
Edwards, Mr. Michael Park, Professor Philip Love,
Past Presidents, Mr. Patrick Riddell, Senior Deputy
Secretary, and Mrs. Caroline Slator, Education
Officer, of the Law Society of Scotland. He also
welcomed the members of the Society to the meeting.
Notice
The adoption of the notice convening the meeting
was proposed by Mrs. M. Quinlan, seconded by Mr.
W. Beatty and agreed. The attendance at the meeting
was recorded in the Attendance Book. 46 Members
attended.
Minutes
On the proposition of Mr. P.C. Moore seconded
by Mr. J. Carrigan, the minutes of the Half Yearly
General Meeting held in Ashford Castle Cong,
County Mayo, on 7 May 1982, were taken as read and
signed by the President.
Scruitineers' Report
The Scrutineers' Report was adopted on the
proposition of Mr. D. Moran seconded by Mr. E.
Margetson. The result of the Council Election was as
follows:—
27. Glynn, Patrick A.
676
28. McCague, Eugene
669
29. Reidy, John C.
642
30. Donnelly, Andrew J.O.
620
The following other candidates received the
number of votes placed after their names:—
1. Lynch, John R.
598
2. Breen, Maeve T.
587
3. Malone, Paul L.
587
4. O'Neill, Raymond St. John
537
5. Hooper, John
482
6. Brunker, Eric
446
7. O'Doherty, Patrick Hugh
425
8. Griffin, Gerard F.
380
9. Horgan, Anne Moore
240
10. Murphy, Anthony
141
Provincial Delegates — Returned unopposed:
Connaught: Patrick J. McEllin, Claremorris,
Co. Mayo.
Leinster:
Michael J. Hogan, 21 Patrick Street,
Kilkenny.
Munster:
Joseph Dundon, 101 O'Connell Street,
Limerick.
Ulster:
Peter F.R. Murphy, Ballybofey, Co.
Donegal.
Council Report for the Year 1981/1982
The President referred to the Council Report as
circulated to the members and invited comment.
The report was discussed under the following
headings:—
Candidates — Elected
Total Votes
1. Quinlan, Moya
1,106
2. Buckley, John F.
1,024
3. Allen, W. Brendan
934
4. Ensor, Anthony H.
904
5. Shaw, Thomas D.
897
6. Binchy, Donal G.
894
7. O'Mahony, Michael V.
881
8. O'Donnell, Roderick (Rory) D.
860
9. Bourke, Adrian Patrick
809
10. O'Donnell, Patrick Frank
802
11. Collins, Anthony E.
787
12. O'Connor, Patrick
787
13. Daly, Francis D.
779
14. Beatty, Walter
768
15. Margetson, Ernest J.
763
16. Curran, Maurice R.
760
17. Smyth, Andrew F.
753
18. Shields, Laurence K.
720
19. Cusack Connellan, Clare
719
20. Kelliher, Donal
714
21. Cullen, Laurence
705
22. Monahan, Raymond T.
705
23. O'Hagan, Donal P.
701
24. Pigot, David R.
699
25. Killeen, Carmel S.
697
26. Blake, Bruce St. John
694
Compensation Fund
Mr. L. Mellon referred to an unfortunate situation
which had arisen in the case of a particular solicitor.
The man concerned had been approved by the
relevant Committee of the Society for a limited
practising certificate but it would not be issued until
he got a job and he could not get a job because he had
no certificate. It was wrong that such a catch 22
situation should exist. Further, when, an application
to the President of the High Court, the President in
1980 ordered that he be issued with a full practising
cetificate, his name did not appear in the Society's
Law Directory in the following year. More
unfortunate still the solicitor's accounts were frozen
in 1973 and unfrozen in 1975, but at that stage in 1975
the banks were not told of the action taken and
subsequently continued to act as if his accounts were
frozen. In his view, it was wrong that such a situation
should have arisen. In another situation Mr. Mellon
said that he was acting for an accountant who was
regarded by the Society as having issued an incorrect
certificate. He reported a deficit of £40,000, whereas
the Law Society on inquiry in the Solicitor's Office,
contended that the deficit should have been
£175,000. The difference was in executors'
accounts which the auditor could not check as they
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