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GAZETTE
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1995
Published Accounts Awards
Committee
Michael G. Irvine.
Conseil Des Barreaux De La
Communaute Europeenne
John G. Fish.
Union Internationale Du Notariat
Latin
Arthur Moran.
Past Presidents (entitled to sit on
council pursuant to the society's
bye laws:)
W. Brendan Allen,
Walter Beatty,
Donal G. Binchy,
Bruce St. J. Blake,
Adrian P. Bourke,
John Carrigan,
Anthony E. Collins,
Laurence Cullen,
Maurice R. Curran,
Joseph L. Dundon,
Gerald Hickey,
Michael Houlihan,
John Maher,
Ernest J. Margetson,
Raymond Monahan,
P. Frank O 'Donnell,
W. Osborne,
David R. Pigot,
Peter Prentice,
Thomas D. Shaw.
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Society of Young Solicitors Autumn
Conference 1994
SYS SPRING
CONFERENCE
The next Society of Young
Solicitors Ireland Conference
will take place between the
10th and 12th of March 1995
at
Adare Manor, Adare,
Co. Limerick.
Principal Speakers:
John Loosemore
on
Practice Development
- How to get new business.
Other Speakers to be announced
The Society of Young Solicitors
Autumn Conference 1994 was held at
Ashford Castle, Cong, Co. Mayo on
4 - 6 November.
We were delighted to welcome quite a
number of solicitors from England,
Northern Ireland and Scotland who
travelled to attend the Conference.
The Lectures presented were highly
topical and extremely entertaining.
Professor
J C W Wylie
delivered a
paper on the Reform of Landlord and
Tenant Law in which he referred to
the archaic, uncertain and
unnecessarily complicated state of the
present law. He stated that lease
precedents were unnecessarily lengthy
and that there was scope for
simplifying many of these precedents.
Professor Wylie also gave a very good
and accurate analysis of the Landlord
and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1994.
When the session was opened to the
floor
Michael O'Mahony,
President of
the Law Society, contested that if
there was a draft piece of Landlord
and Tenant legislation presented to the
Government perhaps it might be
implemented. A critique of existing
legislation with recommendations for
reform, according to Mr O'Mahony,
tends to produce little or no
legislation.
The second topic of the day was
"What Irish Companies want from
Solicitors in the Future". It was
addressed by
David Dilger
of
Greencore pic from the prospective of
a large Irish pic and by
Brendan
Butler
of the Small Firms Association.
Both Mr Dilger and Mr Butler
gave an entertaining discussion
of what the public expects from
solicitors.
The good weather enabled delegates
to enjoy golf, horse riding, and the
leadership challenge in Ashford
Castle. Clay Pigeon Shooting or
Archery were also enjoyed by the
delegates on the Saturday afternoon.
There was also a well attended cruise
on Lough Corrib.
The Saturday night banquet was a
great success at which we were
honoured to have the President of
the Mayo Bar Association,
John
Dillon Leetch
and his wife Liz. After
the banquet dinner, the delegates
enjoyed blackjack and dancing
until dawn.
We would like to thank our sponsors
principally the Investment Bank of
Ireland Limited, whose continued
support we much appreciate.
We are also extremely grateful to our
other sponsors namely Behan &
Associates, Rochford Brady,
Norwell Computer Services, Jury's
Hotel Group pic, Doyle Court Reports,
Golden Pages, CFI Online Limited,
Norwich Union, Dooleys, the Hibernian
Hotel and Castletown Press.
(For
photograph see "People & Places").
Walter Beatty
Public Relations Officer, SYS
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