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GAZETTE
OCTOBER 1978
that women should be fully represented in the legal
profession as well as the courts and tribunals. It is likely
for instance that the common law would be able to
command greater public confidence in those areas which
particularly affect women if a greater proportion of
women were involved in the administration of justice.
Traditional habits of mind, of women as well as of
men, customs and practices need to be changed. But
women workers, solicitors or otherwise, are not unaided
or alone: rights and protections exist in law. Two Acts
introduced by the former Minister for Labour — the
Anti-Discrimination (Pay) Act 1974 and the Employment
Equality Act 1977, represent vital catalysts for change.
Pamphlets concerning these Acts may be got free of
charge from the Employment Equality Agency, c/o Dept.
of Labour, Mespil Road, Dublin 4. Dissemination of
information is one object to be pursued, equally important
is the activation of group discussion.
Yours etc.
Mary Redmond,
Lecturer in Law, U.C.D.,
Solicitor; Member of the
Employment
Equality
Agency.
NATIONWIDE INVESTIGATIONS
(Laurence Beggs)
126 BROADFORD RISE
BALLINTEER
DUBLIN 16
Phone 989964
PRACTITIONERS
GUIDELINES
Rent Restrictions Acts
What is a controlled letting?
All lettings are controlled except the following:
1. (a) A house let as a single dwelling, whether R.V.
exceeds £40 in Dublin or Dunlaoghaire or £30
elsewhere
(b) A dwelling let as a separate and self-contained flat
where the R.V. exceeds £30 in Dublin or
Dunlaoghaire or £20 elsewhere
(c) Any other dwelling where the R.V. exceeds £60 in
Dublin or Dunlaoghaire or £40 elsewhere.
2. Dwellings erected on or after 7th May, 1941.
3. Local Authority Houses.
4. Furnished lettings, where the rent attributable to the
dwelling is less than three fourths of the total.
5. Where the owner possesses the house as his residence
on or after 31st December, 1960.
6. Where the Landlord actually gets possession of the
house on or after 8th June, 1966.
7. Dwellinghouses converted after 31st December 1960,
into separate and self-contained flats.
8. Dwellings let with land where the R.V. of the land
exceeds either half the R.V. of the total or £10 or £5
elsewhere.
9. A house of which a bachelor or Spinster between 21
and 65 becomes tenant after 9th May, 1967, and where
the R.V. exceeds £10.
10. Lock-up business premises.
Did You Know?
Did you know that a married woman has no legal
obligation to call herself by her husband's name. The
custom arose in the middle ages and the term "Mrs.
Murphy" is an abbreviation of the term "Mistress of
Murphy".
Independent Actuarial Advice regarding
Interests in Settled Property
and
Claims for Damages
BACON & WOODROW
Consulting Actuaries
58 Fitzwilliam Square
Dublin 2
(Telephone 762031)
R. W. RADLEY
M.Sc., C.Chem., M.R.I.C.
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Telephone (0734) 81977
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International Investigators
Solicitors' Enquiry Agents — Process Servers — Commercial Enquiries
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