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GAZETTE

JUNE 1988

Companies (No. 2) Bill, 1987 ("the Bill") Seminar

10 May, 1988

A Seminar was arranged by the

Society's Company Law Commit-

tee on the proposed changes to be

brought about by the Bill.

This Seminar, introduced by the

Minister for Industry & Commerce,

Mr. Reynolds, was open to the

public and indicated both the con-

tents and the pitfalls that await

t hose engag i ng in c omme r ce

through a limited liability company.

Each part of the proposed legisla-

tion was examined in detail and at

the end of the Seminar a summary

was given which reflected many of

the observations already made on

the Bill to the Department by the

Committee.

The Committee is concerned

about the complexity of the Bill

wh i ch they believe will add an

enormous burden to business and

in particular small businesses

wh i ch are being encouraged in so

many other ways.

The Minister in his opening ad-

dress stated that he is anxious that

the Bill be workable and practical

and will not " t i e up in legal knots

the thousands of honest business-

people in this c oun t r y ". The Com-

mittee believe that the Society

must attempt to play its role in the

simplification of the proposed

legislation.

Solicitors should be aware of the

increasing role that they can have

in the business community through

advising on company and other

commercial legislation. It is the in-

tention of the Committee to both

help the profession in this regard as

well as trying to make the commer-

cial bodies aware of the role

solicitors should have in this impor-

tant area of life.

Excellent papers were prepared

by the members of the Company

Law Committee and it is hoped

that these texts will be circulated

to the profession in the near future.

LAD I ES SOL I C I TORS

GOLF SOC I ETY

The next Outing will be held

in Newlands Golf Club on

Friday, 5 th A u g u s t. For

further details please contact

Ch r i s t i ne S c o tt at ( 01)

7 6 4 6 6 1 (Of f i ce) or (01)

8 0 5 6 78 (Home).

THE LEGAL OFFICES

MILLENNIUM

MIXED SOCCER

COMPETITION

Will be held during the mon th

of July at the Law Society

Playing Field, Blackhall Place.

Applications are available

from City Law Agency Ltd.,

35 Molesworth Street, Dublin

2. Tel. (01) 7 8 5 1 2 2.

CORRECTION

A summary of the decision in the case of

Stephen Flynn

v.

An

Post,

Supreme Court, 3 April, 1987, unreported, was published

in the May issue of the

Gazette, Recent Irish Cases,

at

p.ii

. The

summary was erroneously based on the assumption that the ma-

jority view of the Supreme Court was expressed by Henchy J.

and Hederman J. In fact, the majority view was expressed in

the judgment of McCarthy J. w i th wh om Finlay C.J. and Walsh

J. concurred. Thus, the Supreme Court, by a majority, upheld

the third ground of appeal in the case and held that the suspen-

sion of the plaintiff became invalid because of the failure of An

Post to grant the plaintiff a proper hearing within a reasonable

time of his initial suspension.

The Editorial Board regrets that the uncorrected version of the

summary was published. A revised summary of the decision in

this case will be published in full in the next issue of

Recent Irish

Cases.

Attending the Seminar were,

from left,

Mr. Michael Irvine, (Joint Chair-

man, Company Law Committee, speaker), Mr. Thomas D. Shaw, Presi-

dent of the Society, Mr. James J. Ivers, Director General, and Mr. David

Tomkin, (Joint Chairman, Company Law Committee, speaker).

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