The Gazette 1983

GAZETTE

Company/Commercial

Referral Service

1. Proposal

The firms listed below are prepared to offer the benefit

of their specialist Company Law expertise and/or

Commercial Law expertise to clients of smaller firms. The

Comp a ny Law Committee has agreed that the system

should operate on the following basis.

2. Basis of System

The principle upon which this system will work is that

the consulting firm will not, in normal circumstances,

accept from the client within three years of the completion

of the consultancy assignment, any work of the type

which, at the time when the consulting firm was first

retained in relation to that client's affairs, was being

carried out by the referring firm, without the approval of

the referring firm.

This will not, however be an absolute rule as obviously

circumstances can arise, such as the death of a sole prac-

titioner, in a practice where the client would insist on going

elsewhere anyway.

Un l e ss otherwise agreed with the referring firm, the

consulting firm will deal directly with the client. The

reason for this being that it would not be right for the

consulting firm to be in a situation where the facts on which

they were asked to advise were limited only to those which

the referring firm gave them or if the advice was being con-

v e y ed at secondhand to the client. It is not envisaged that

any fee would be payable to the referring firm by the con-

sultancy firm and equally the client would be responsible

to the consulting firm for the latter's professional fees and

outlay.

The foregoing arrangement has been introduced at the

request of Bar Associations. It is hoped that it will benefit

the client, the smaller firm and the consulting firms.

The Company Law Committee shall review the

operation of the Scheme from time to time.

Company/Commercial/Referral Service Acceptances

I. O'Donnell, Dund on & Co., 101, O'Connell St.,

Limerick.

2. Dockrell Shields & Farrell, 5 1 / 5 2 Upr Fitzwilliam

St., D . D . E . N o . 92.

3. A . & L. Go odbody, 31 Fitzwilliam Sq. D . D . E . No .

29.

4. Gerrard Scallan & O'Brien, Hainault Hse, 6 9 / 71 St.

Stephen's Green, D . D . E . No . 19.

5. Arthur Co x & Co., 4 2 / 4 5 St. Stephen's Green.

D . D . E . N o . 27.

6. Math^son Ormsby & Prentice, 2 0 Upr Merrion St.

D . D . E . N o . 2.

7. Caw l ey Sheerin Wynn e, 1 /2 Upr Hatch St. D . D . E .

N o . 169.

8. Ke nny Stephenson Chapman, Newt own, Waterford

9. Eugene F. Collins & Son, 61 Fitzwiliam Sq. D . D . E .

N o . 25.

10. Fitzpatricks, 3 7 / 39 Fitzwilliam Sq. D . D . E. No. 13.

I I . Whitney, Mo o re & Keller, 4 6 Kildare Street,

D . D . E . N o . 105.

12. Ma s on, Ha y es & Curran, 6 Fitzwilliam Sq.,

D . D . E . N o . 11.

13. Wm. Fry & Sons, Fitzwilton House, Wilton Place.

D . D . E . N o . 23.

APRIL 1983

Practice Note

High Court —Juty Lists

Under the existing High Court Rules, No t i ce of

Discontinuance cannot be served in personal injury cases

at any stage after the No t i ce of Trial has been served This

may give an unrealistic indication of the number of cases

in the Jury List going on for hearing

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i l i t a te m e m b e r s

> where cases have

been settled after No t i ce of Trial has been served

Solicitors for Plaintiffs are required to write t T S i e

Registrar of Jun es in the High Court Four

Court.

Dublin quoting the full title o f t h e c a s e, & record n i t

and, if there is a Jury number available, the Jury number

and stating that the case has been settled. T h e ^ t r L

will then place an asterisk beside the name of the case £

the list. It should be noted that this practice d ^ s not apply

to cases involving a minor, or persons in Wardship or t o b e

taken into Wardship.

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The Litigation Committee recommended that this

practice should be adopted in order to facilitate members

ot the profession, and to give a more realistic indication of

the number of cases likely to go on for hearing •

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