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GAZETTE
SEPTEMBER 1985
our experiences in regard to member companies covering
approximately 70,000 properties.
I am reluctant to engage in the age-old pastime in
Ireland of telling the other fellow what he should do, but
as the Law Society and the Dublin Solicitors' Bar
Association have, not for the first time, engaged in this
practice vis-á-vis our organisation, I must retort by
pointing out that these organisations would be better
served if they addressed themselves to the issue of delays
and expenses associated with the sale and purchase of
private houses — a topic addressed in the report of An
Foras Forbartha published in 1982. Implementation of
some of the recommendations of that report would go a
long way towards reducing the risks which apparently are
the concern of these organisations.
I believe that this is a case of 'physician heal thyself.
Yours faithfully,
Michael Greene,
Managing Director,
National House Building Guarantee Scheme,
Federation House,
Canal Rd.,
Dublin 6.
Editor's comment
Mr. Greene's reference above to the fact that "discussions have taken place
recently with representatives
of the Law Society" may tend to mislead.
While very useful discussions are indeed in train between the Society and
the C.I.F., these have centred very largely on other issues, such as whether
purchases of newly built houses can be completed merely on undertakings
regarding Guarantee
Certificates,
the use of the Standard
Building
Contract,
the form of Building Contracts for one-off houses and
Arbitration. At the most recent meeting, the C.I.F. again indicated that
there was no likelihood of deposits being included in the protection given by
the scheme within the foreseeable
future.
The Editor,
Law Society Gazette,
Blackhall Place,
Dublin 7.
24 July, 1985
Dear Editor,
I refer to the correspondence in recent issues of the
Gazette,
emanating from a letter published in the March
issue from Mr. Harry C.P. Barry of M/s. Charles M.
Barry & Son, Solicitors.
My great grandfather, James Smyth, was the first of my
family to be admitted as a solicitor, and he commenced
practice under the style of Smyth & Son, in Drogheda in
1875. Since that time, the practice has been carried on
successively by my grandfather, John F. Smyth, my
father, the late Michael Smyth, and, more recently, by
myself. I should say that since 1983, the practice has been
carried on, firstly by my father and latterly by me, in
partnership with Bernard Gogarty, who is the first non-
member of the family to be associated with the Firm.
Other than this, the only change in the practice occurred
in 1973 when we moved our offices to their present
address.
Yours sincerely,
Paul R. Smyth,
Solicitor,
Smyth & Son,
Solicitors,
30 Magdalene St.,
Drogheda.
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