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GAZETTE

DECEMBER 1988

The Disciplinary Committee is a

fact finding body. After an inquiry

s h o u ld t he C omm i t t ee

f i nd

mi s conduct it must report its

findings to the President of the

High Court.

The Disciplinary Committee has

no power to impose any penalty or

sanction on a solicitor but may

recommend that a solicitor be

struck off the Roll of Solicitors,

suspended, or the imposition of a

fine, payment of expenses or other

a p p r o p r i a te s a n c t i on to t he

President of the High Court. The

f u n c t i on to ac cept any such

recommendation is vested only in

the President of the High Court.

The President of the High Court

will consider the report received

from the Disciplinary Committee

and may strike the name of a

solicitor off the Roll of Solicitors or

make any ancillary order as the

Court may think fit.

This year the Committee noted

w i t h concern that the basis of the

majority of complaints was the

failure of solicitor-respondents to

reply to co r r espondence f r om

complainants and the Society, or to

attend meetings of the Registrar's

Committee of the Law Society

when requested to do so. I would

like to take this opportunity to

emp h a s i se to s o l i c i t o rs

t he

i mp o r t a n ce

of

r e p l y i ng

to

co r r espondence and a t t end i ng

meetings of the Registrar's Com-

mittee. This Committee views and

will continue to view these failures

as very serious and as sufficient

grounds for misconduct and in the

absence of an adequate explana-

tion will report such findings to the

Pr es i dent of t he H i gh Cou rt

accordingly.

Mr. Michael Hogan was appoint-

ed to the Committee in October

1987 for a period of five years.

I would like to express my thanks

to the members of the Committee

for all their hard work and assist-

ance during the year. Not alone do

t he memb e rs give up many

valuable hours attending Com-

mi t t ee hearings, but are also

involved in reading the papers

relating to each case, wh i ch some-

times run into hundreds of pages.

A special word of thanks is due

to Ms. Mary Lynch, the Clerk to the

Committee, whose invaluable assist-

ance and dedication to the work of

the Committee during the past year

is greatly appreciated.

SOLICITORS

BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION

The

Solicitors Benevolent Association

is pleased to announce that

Mr. Thomas A. Menton of O'Keeffe & Lynch, Solicitors, Dublin, and

Miss Rosemary Kearon of Ulster Bank Limited, Legal Department,

have been appointed Metropolitan Directors and Mr. Niall Kennedy

of Kennedy Frewen & Co., Tipperary, has been appointed Provincial

Director of the Association.

N O T I C E

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth

Annual General Meeting of the SOLICITORS BENEVOLENT

ASSOCIATION will be held at the Incorporated Law Society's

Building, Blackhall Place, Dublin, on Thursday, the 9th of March,

1989, at 12 noon:

1. To consider the annual Report and Accounts for the year ended

30 th November, 1988.

2. To elect Directors.

3. To deal w i th other matters appropriate to a General Meeting.

Clare Leonard,

Secretary.

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