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MAY/JUNE 1995
Hearty congratulations to
Finola
0 'Hanlon
who was recently made an
associate of the Institute of Taxation
having successfully completed all parts
of the Institutes examinations. Finola is
currently doing the
Diploma in
Property Tax
course which is run by
the Law Society and takes place over a
twelve week period. The course is
offered at weekends and is currently in
its fifth run. To date, the diploma
course has been offered in Limerick,
Cork and Dublin. We are currently
looking into running the course in the
Mayo/Sligo region, likely to commence
in the Autumn.
If you are based in the
Donegal/Sligo/Mayo region please let
us know if you would be interested.
Further enquiries from
Finola
O 'Hanlon
or
Harriet Kinahan
in the
Law School.
Setting-Up in Practice Seminar
Pictured
at the
"Setting
up in Practice
Seminar"
were
(l-r):
Paul
Cagney,
Charleville;
Kate
Colbert,
Abbeyfeale;
John
S. O'Sullivan,
Carlow;
Mary
Hall,
Dublin;
Michael
Waters,
Galway;
John
Hayes,
Kilkenny;
Katherine
Hunter,
Dublin.
The Practice Management Committee recently ran a very successful Setting-Up
in Practice Seminar for 17 participants aspiring to set-up in practice. The
seminar was workshop based and lasted a complete day. Topics covered
included, market analysis, the financial realities, marketing your practice, client
care. Solicitors' Accounts Regulations etc. Participants were from all parts of
the country and, for the most part, were solicitors who had just set-up in
practice or who were contemplating this move. The seminar is designed to
raise more questions than it answers and to act as a forum for putting solicitors
at the same stage of their development in contact with one another. The Practice
Management Committee intend running these seminars every three/four months.
GAZETTE
Apprentices Record Breaking Perfnrmance
Apprentice salary
The revised form of indentures
includes a covenant that during the
period of in-office training the master
must pay the apprentice
a gross salary
of not less than the amounts
recommended by the Society from
time to time. The current
recommended gross salary scales are
£115 per week (during the first six
months), £125 per week (during the
second six months) and £135 per week
(during the remaining period).
The new prescribed forms are
available on request from the Law
Society's Law School, Blackhall
Place, Dublin 7. (DX 79 - Dublin;
telephone 0 1 - 6 7 1 0200; telefax 01 -
671 0064)
152
The Law Society Apprentices
Athletics Club once again turned in a
remarkable performance in the Irish
University Track and Field
Championships on the 21st of April
last in Cork.
John Menton
(Arthur Cox Solicitors)
was the outstanding athlete of the
meeting breaking two Championship
records and winning four Gold
medals. John shattered the old Discus
record by four metres with a throw of
52.38m while he also bettered his own
record in the Weight for Distance with
a throw of 10.98 metres. John's other
titles were in the Shot Putt (14.39m)
and the Hammer throw (41.80m).
The Society was also well represented
! on the track by
Andrew Coonan
(Charles E. Coonan & Co) as he
finished eighth in the 10,000 metres
while
Eric O'Donnell
(McCann
I Fitzgerald) was fifth in the 5,000m.
i Finally it would be wrong to finish
without thanking our hosts U.C.C.
especially as they are coached by none
other than our own
Ray Shanahan
Solicitor (J.W. O'Donovan & Co.).
Congratulations and thank you for a
fine weekend to Ray and all in U.C.C.
Also many thanks to the Education
Committee for their financial
contribution towards the teams
participation at the Championships.
John O'Connor