The Gazette 1986

GAZETTE

APRIL 1986

AGRICULTURAL LOSS

ASSESSMENT

We are in a unique position to offer the following:-

• Combination of qualified Accounts Assessors and

Agricultural Graduates.

• Largest computerised Farm Data Bank in Ireland with

Farm Enterprise Earnings Range.

• Countrywide network of offices.

To provide the following back-up services in Loss

Assessments related to Agricultural Earnings.

• Loss of income claims . CPO . Damages Assessments

• Expert Reports . Inspections and Opinions . Expert

Witness.

IFAC

Irish Farm Accounts Co-Operative Society Limited,

Head Office,

Irish Farm Centre,

Bluebell,

Dublin 12.

Phone: Peadar Murphy at (01) 501166 - 50/022

Branch Offices:-

Athenry, Cahir, Cavan, Cork, Dungarvan, Donegal,

Enniscorthy, Kilkenny, Limerick, Nenagh, Portlaoise,

Roscommon, Tralee, Trim, Tullamore, Wicklow.

LAW SOCIETY TIES

Ties with either a ma r oon or navy blue

background bearing the insignia of the

Law Society are available f r om

Account Dept.,

Law Society,

Blackhall Place,

Dublin 7.

Cost: £5.95

IRISH APPRENTICES AT

JESSUP MOOT

This year, for the first time, a team of four solicitors

apprentices, Paul Heffernan, Paul Kearney, and Ultan

Stephenson of McCann Fitzgerald Sutton Dudley and

Kevin Hoy of Moylan Whitaker, were chosen to repre-

sent Ireland at the Philip C. Jessup International Law

Moot Court Competition. The Jessup Moot is one of the

premier international competitions for law students.

Participants prepare and present written and oral

submissions on each side of a given problem in public

international law. This year's problem, based on the

Anglo-Greek dispute over the Elgin Marbles, concerned

the restoration of art treasures to their country of origin

and also involved questions of the laws of war treaty law,

diplomatic immunity, nationality and extradition. Thirty-

seven teams from around the world took part in the

World Finals, held in Washington D.C., from April

5th-12th.

The competition was, naturally, very strong. The Irish

team competed against teams from the University of

Florence, the University of Tokyo, the University of

Hong Kong and the Queen's University of Toronto.

Although beaten by Queen's University, the eventual

Runners-Up, the Irish were reckoned to have performed

creditably. First prize was eventually carried off by the

Boston College School of Law.

As well as participating in the Jessup Moot, the team

were also the guests of the Hon. Howard T. Markey,

Chief Judge of the Federal Court of Appeal. We attended

a sitting of the Court, visited the Chief Judge's Chambers

and were shown the very impressive courthouse facilities

before being entertained to lunch by the Chief Judge.

The team also visited the Georgetown University Law

Centre in Washington and by courtesy of the Internat-

ional Law Librarian, Ms. Ellen Shaffer, used the enviable

research facilities of the Fred O. Dennis Law Library in

preparing for the Jessup Moot. It is interesting to note

that the Library contained an impressive collection of

Irish legal texts as well as the Irish Jurist, and was in the

process of acquiring sets of the Irish Reports and the Acts

of the Oireachtas!

Participation would not have been possible without

generous sponsorship, not only from the Education Com-

mittee and certain individual solicitors, but also from

McCann FitzGerald Sutton Dudley and Moylan

Whitaker, as well as from several apprentices. Particular

thanks is also due to the Bar Council, Mr. John Cooke,

S.C., Charles Brennan & Co., Impac Ltd., and Digital

Equipment (Ireland) Ltd. •