The Gazette 1988

GAZETTE

JUNE 1988

Younger Members News

SYS Spring Seminar 1988 Approximately one hundred and eighty young (and some not so young!) solicitors attended the Spring Seminar of the Society of Young Solicitors at the Great Southern Hotel, Galway, f r om the 15th to 17th April last. As always, the weekend was highly successful both f r om the social and, more importantly, the educational point of view. There was great interest among those attending the Seminar in the lectures delivered by each of the distinguished guest speakers. On Sa t u r day mo r n i ng, Mr. Ad r i an Glover of Hayes & Sons imparted a useful, and, often witty, lecture on t he " P r a c t i c al D i f f i c u l t i es in Med i cal Neg l i gence ". He was followed by Mr. Justice Ronan Keane w ho gave an excellent account of recent developments in Company Law, w i t h particular emphasis on the implications of the pending Company Law Bill. The Sunday morning spot was reserved for Commissioner Eamonn Doherty, and i ndeed all p r e s ent we re delighted to have the opportunity of hearing the Commissioner give a most impressive delivery on " T he The Centre for the Study of Family Law and Social Welfare Law is offering a short, intensive 3-week course of lectures on Social Welfare Law, beginning on Monday, 12th September, 1988. The purpose of the course is to familiarise the participants with the law relating to the income maintenance schemes administered by the Department of Social Welfare and the Health Boards. Particular attention will be paid to the recent extension of social insurance to the self-employed, the legal implications of the EEC Equal Treatment Directive; the Report of the Commission on Social Welfare and the various recent judicial decisions on social welfare matters. The number of places on the course is limited, and there is a course fee of £40* Six two-hour lectures, from 7.00 to 9.00 p.m. will be given on the Mondays and Wednesdays of the 3 weeks beginning Monday, 12th September. Enquiries and applications should be directed to: Mr. Gerry Whyte, c/o School of Law, Trinity College, Dublin 2. (* Special rates for the unwaged) SOCIAL WELFARE LAW COURSE

Garda Síochána and the Law Today". On Saturday afternoon a small r ecep t i on was hos t ed by the Galway Solicitors Bar Association at Aras Fáilte, Eyre Square, to welcome the SYS to Galway. Those attending the reception included the President of the G.S.B.A., Mr. Ciaran Keys, the Deputy Lord Mayor, Mrs. Bridie O'Flaherty, and the County Registrar, Mr. Sean O'Donnell. Once again the Saturday Night Banquet proved to be a thoroughly enjoyable affair. The guests of the Society relaxed w i th pre-dinner drinks in the Roof Top Bar at the Great Southern while the remaining t wo hundred and t we n ty or so attendants preferred drinks in one of the t wo other smart refreshment areas of the hotel. The Banquet itself was run most efficiently and after dinner the Chairman, Mr. Michael Quinlan, we l comed the guests of the Society, namely Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Curran, Mr. and Mrs. J im Ivers, Mr. and Mrs. O'Reilly, Mr. Christopher Mahon and also, of course, the three Guest Speakers and Mrs. Glover. The Chairman on behalf of the Society, was also delighted to we l come 3rd CELIM Conference on Liability in the Information Age: a European Perspective, Brussels 27-28 June, 1988. Contect Robert Clarke, Faculty of Law, U.C.D. International Chamber of Commerce: Cyprus National Committee, one-day Seminar on International Commercial Arbitration in Nicosia, 1 July 1988. Contact ICC Cyprus National Committee, P.O. Box 1455, Nicosia, Cyprus. Tel: 449500/462312, Tlx. 2077. AIJA Congress, Mun i ch 5-9 September, 1988. Contact Michael Irvine, Matheson Ormsby & Prentice, 20 Upper Merrion Street, Dublin 2. Tel: (01) 760981, Tlx: 93310/90277, Fax: (01) 609744/760501. IBA 22nd Biennial Conferences Buenos Aires, Argentina, 25-30 September, 1988. Contact the IBA Office at 2 Harewood Place, Hanover

representative Guests from the equivalent of the SYS in Northern I r e l and, Eng l and, and t he Netherlands. In the course of the evening presentations were made to the Prize W i n n e rs of t he Tennis Tournament wh i ch was held on Saturday afternoon. A collection was also made for the Solicitors Benevolent Fund and this yielded a return of over £240. A f t e r d i nne r, a ma r v e l l o us mixture of music was delivered by an excellent local foursome. In keeping w i t h tradition the Banquet continued into the early hours of Sunday morning. We are reliably informed that it was many a weary body that made its way home on Sunday evening after yet another superb SYS weekend. Sponsorship for the Seminar was provided by the Investment Bank of Ireland, Star Computers, Law Place- ments and Butterworths/ITELIS. We understand the SYS are or- ganising a further Seminar, jointly w i th the Bar, in Kilkenny from November the 4 th to the 6 th next . . . so don't forget to note this in your diaries! MIRIAM REYNOLDS Square, London WIR 9HB, and for details of group travel from Ireland, Alan Benson, Easy Travel, 38 Lr. Stephen Street, Dublin 2. Tel: (01) 772057/716714. UIA Conference, Barcelona, 11-15 October, 1988. Contact Congress Secretariat, OTAC S.A. Congress Organization, Sepulveda 45-47, 08015 Barcelona, Spain. 1988 Bar Conference, London, 1-2 October, 1988. Contact Conference Organiser: Blair Communications & Marketing, 117 Regents Park Road, London NW1 8UR. Tel. (031) 483 2297, Tlx: 265181, Fax: (031) 586 0639. European Transport Law, International Maritime Congress on EEC Regulations, Antwerp, 25/26 November, 1988. Contact Robert H. Wijffels, Advocaat, Maria-Henriettalei 1, 2018 Antwerp, Belgium.

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