The Gazette 1995

GAZETTE

No r t he rn I re l and Young So l i c i t o rs

As s o c i a t i on Annual Con f e r ence

which emphasises that monies received

in respect of undischarged outlay

should be lodged to client account.

Practice Note - Costs Received -

Undischarged outlay

Where a solicitor receives monies for

undischarged outlay due to third

parties (e.g. stamp duty, counsel's

fees, doctor's fees, engineer's fees etc)

such monies - whether solicitor and

client costs, or party and party costs -

represent "client's money" as defined

in Regulation 1 of the Solicitors'

Accounts Regulations No 2 of 1984

and should be lodged to client account

pursuant to Regulation 3 thereof. The

relevant payments to third parties

should be effected on an expeditious

basis from the client account.

Where items of outlay are paid for by a

solicitor who has not as yet been put in

funds by the client in respect thereof,

I the payments advanced to third

j parties shall be effected from the

office account.

Recommended procedure for

lodgments

Where a remittance received by a

solicitor includes payment both in

respect of (i) undischarged outlay and

(ii) solicitors fees and/or costs already

paid out by the solicitor the

recommended treatment is to lodge the

entirety of the remittance intact to the

client account. Then, (where a bill of

costs or other written intimation of the

amount of costs has been delivered to

; the client) a transfer may be effected

| from the client account to the office

account to cover the amount of the

solicitor's fee received, and any outlay

j which was discharged on behalf of the

client from the office account and

which has been recovered from the

other side, or from the client. Payment

to third parties for items of outlay

which then remain due may be

effected from the balance of

monies held in the client account in

respect thereof.

Geraldine

Clarke

Chairman

Compensation Fund Committee

162

The Annual Conference of the

; Northern Ireland Young Solicitors

Association was held at the Manor

House Country Hotel, Killadeas,

Enniskillen from Friday 24 to Sunday

26 March 1995.

As always, the delegates from the

"South" got a tremendous welcome and

: enjoyed very generous hospitality.

There were fourteen Southern delegates

including

Orla Coyne,

Chairperson of

I the Younger Members Committee and

! Gavin Buckley,

Chairman of the

I Society of Young Solicitors. There

were also representatives from

Belgium, France, The Netherlands,

Luxembourg, England and Wales.

j The lecture topics were wide ranging

and included "Advocacy Skills for

Solicitors" with a most entertaining

| paper given by Reginald Weir Q.C.

Neil Fans, a partner with Cleaver

Fulton & Rankin solicitors in Belfast

presented a very interesting paper titled

"Regulating Risk - Environmental

Issues for Lawyers".

The social activities started with a bus

excursion to the local pubs in

Enniskillen on Friday night. On

Saturday afternoon there was a coach

tour, golf, horseriding and clay pigeon

shooting. This was followed by a

banquet on Saturday evening which

carried on well into the "wee small

hours"!

The entire conference was very well

organised and a great time was had by

all. Full credit is due to

Jeremy Mills,

Chairman of the NIYSA and his

hardworking committee.

We are sure that a number of our

Northern colleagues will make the trip

to the SYS Autumn Conference at

Dromoland Castle on 3 - 5 November

and thereby sustain the excellent

relationship which has been built up

over the past number of years. Long

may it continue.

Robert Hennessy

Committee Member YMC/SYS

Joe Clancy, solicitor,

receives a presentation

of a basket of fairly traded

products

from Vivienne Cashin of 'Will Aid'. Will Aid was a fundraising

event held in March

when solicitors

agreed to write wills for free - with customers

making a donation

one of four charities:

Gorta, Action Aid, Oxfam and Rehab. Joe Clancy was the

solicitor who raised the most money for the

charities.