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GAZETTE
NOVEMBER 1995
the support and co-operation of the
Law Society of England and Wales.
The Institute has branches throughout
England, Wa l es and overseas
including Bermuda and Hong Kong.
The Institute publishes
The Legal
Executive Journal
which provides
information on all changes in the law,
points o f practice and articles and
legal topics all o f which are essential
to those performing legal services.
Unfortunately, legal executives in
Ireland are not as active in this regard
although an Institute was formed some
few years ago.
In Ireland, the
EmploymentRegulation
Order, (Law Clerks Joint Labour
Committee) 1995,
(S.I. No. 189 of
1 9 9 5) has fixed the statutory
minimum rates o f remuneration and
has specified statutory conditions of
employment of workers in relation to
Beware Scams
Several readers have drawn our
attention to the face that another
spate o f scam letters and faxes from
Nigeria are arriving on solicitors'
desks.
Although the letters tell a variety of
implausible stories o f enormous sums
o f money which can be released from
Nigeria with a little assistance from
the solicitor in question, usually
with a promised 'cut' for the solicitor
o f many millions of dollars, a
constant request is for information
relating to the solicitor's bank account
numbers. Unfortunately, for those
who might supply their bank account
numbers, it is for the purpose of
making withdrawals rather than
lodgments that these numbers have
been sought!
It is hard to believe that any solicitor
would be so naive as to supply such
information in response to one of
these requests. The
Gazette
has
warned against this in the past. Just
one more time, however, we will
strongly advise solicitors not to
respond to these 'get rich quick'
offers made to you with fraudulent
intent.
whom the Law Clerks Joint Labour
Committee operates. The effective
date Qf the order is August 1, 1995.
Pursuant to the
Industrial Relations
Act, 1946 to 1990
any agreement
between a law clerk, typist etc. and
his/her employer for payment of
wages less than the minimum rate or
for conditions o f employment less
favourable than the statutory
conditions of employment is void. The
minimum rates for wages are to be
payable clear of all deductions except
any deductions lawfully made under
any enactment for the time being in
force.
The penalty for payment less than the
statutory minimum rates is a fine not
exceeding £ 7 5 0 . 00 for each offence.
The penalty for non-compliance of the
statutory conditions of employment by
Rory O'Connor -
Rory died on 11 June 1995. We all
thought of him as one who would
never be absent from the legal world
he loved. From his admission as a
solicitor in 1943 he passionately
upheld the honour and dignity of his
chosen profession, readily accepting
the onerous duties o f membership of
the Law Society, it's Council and of
it's Disciplinary Committee and at the
same time advising and counselling
fellow members in regard to their
problems with unstinted energy and
expertise.
The Dublin Solicitors B ar Association
benefited from his membership for all
his professional life. He served on its
Council and as its Treasurer and was
honoured to be elected its President.
The Association will long remember
him. As a member of an established
legal family he followed his father in
the practice at Upper Ormond Quay in
Dublin, where he gave o f his all for
his clients.
A family man, he devoted himself
unstintingly to his wife and children,
and, in more recent times, to his many
grandchildren.
T o his friends he was ever affable and
the employer is a fine not exceeding
£ 7 5 0 . 00 for each offence. An
employer o f any worker to whom a
minimum rate is applicable is required
to keep for a period of three years
such records as are necessary to show
whether or not the provisions o f the
Industrial RelationsAct 1946 to 1990
are being complied with. Penalty for
non-compliance is a fine not
exceeding £ 5 0 0 . 0 0. Notices
containing minimum rates of pay and
conditions o f service are to be
publicly displayed in the office of the
employer.
Further enquiries should be addressed
to
The Secretary, Joint Labour
Committees Section, The Labour
Court, Tom Johnson House,
Haddington Road, Dublin 4
(Phone
6 6 0 8 4 4 4 Extensions 3 0 1, 3 03 and
3 0 4 ).
An Appreciat ion
Rory
O'Connor
supporting and his hospitality knew
no bounds.
| We sympathise with his wife,
Dickie,
his children,
Helen, Gay, Marie, Rory,
\ Louise, Barry, Philippa
and
Peter
and
| with his grandchildren, as well as with
his sisters
Kitty
and
Mabel
and his
j brothers
Jimmy
(solicitor) and
Paddy.
We shall all mourn the loss of one of
nature's gentlemen.
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