The Gazette 1980

JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1980

GAZETTE

Annual General Meeting of the Society BLACKHALL PLACE, DUBLIN 7 FRIDAY, 23rd NOVEMBER 1979

Provincial Delegate (Leinster) Valid Poll 200

The President, Mr. Gerald Hickey, took the chair at 11.30 a.m. in the President's Hall, Blackhall Place, on Friday, 23rd November 1979. The notice convening the meeting was read by the Director General, Mr. J . J. Ivers. A list of those attending the meeting is filed with these minutes. Minutes As the minutes of the General Meeting held in the Great Southern Hotel, Galway, on Friday, 3rd May 1979, were published in the Gazette , they were taken as read, adopted and signed by the President. Auditors' Report The adoption of the Auditors' Report and financial accounts for the year ended 30th April 1979 was proposed by Mr. M. Curran, seconded by Mr. B. St. John Blake, and agreed. On the proposition of Mr. P. D. M. Prentice, seconded by Mr. A. Smyth, Messrs Coopers & Lybrand were re- elected as the Society's auditors for the year ending 30th April 1980. Council Elections The Scrutineers' Report on the Council election was read by the Director General as follows: Valid Poll 1,159.

Michael J. Hogan

120 Smyth, Michael

80

Provincial Delegates Returned Unopposed

Connaught: Patrick J. McEllin, Claremorris, Co. Mayo. Munster: Patrick A. Glynn, 84 O'Connell St., Limerick. Ulster: Peter F. R. Murphy, Ballybofey, Co. Donegal.

Mr. Hogan and the unopposed members were declared elected. Noting the results of the election, the President expressed his thanks to the scrutineers. He commented favourably on the interest in the election as indicated by the increased number of votes cast. Report of the Council As the Annual Report of the Council for the year 1978-79 had been circulated in the October issue of the Gazette , the President took it as read. In presenting the Report, the President addressed the meeting. He welcomed the opportunity at this Annual General Meeting of the Society to refer to some matter of parti- cular interest to both the profession and the public. The Society understood that the question of Court juris- diction is at present under review by the Government and while there are differing views within the Society as to precisely the limits of jurisdiction which should be granted to the Circuit Court and the District Court, he believed that a fair approximation of the general view would be that the Circuit Court jurisdiction should be increased to £10,000 and the District Court to £2,500. If the

Bourke, Adrian P Killeen, Sarah C O'Connor, Patrick Allen, William B

597 586 584

Buckley, John F Quinlan, Moya

8 00 771

Dundon, Joseph L 7 70 O'Mahony, Michael V. ..726 Binchy, Donal G 691 Hickey, G 6 74 Beatty, Walter 6 54 Shaw, Thomas D 647 Osborne, William A 645 Blake, Bruce St. J 6 34 Collins, Anthony E 6 28 Carrigan, John 6 18 Curran, Maurice R 6 13 Daly, Francis D 6 07 O'Donnell, Rory 605 McEvoy, William D 598

577 Monahan, Raymond T ...570 Shields, Laurence K 5 64 Houlihan, Michael P 563 O'Connell, Michael G 561 O'Donnell, Patrick F 5 60 Margetson, Ernest J 554 Smyth, Andrew F 547 Pigot, David R 513 Donnelly, Andrew J 497 Cullen, Laurence 4 96 Sexton, Harry 4 68

Contributors to this issue William Binchy, B.A., B.C.L., LL.M., Barrister-at- Law, Research Counsellor, Law Reform Commis- sion. William O'Dea, LL.M., Barrister-at-Law, Lecturer in Law, U.C.D. P. J. Farrell, B.C.L., Dip. European Law, Solicitor practising in Dublin. A. H. Hermann, Legal Correspondent, Financial Times.

The above members were declared elected. The following members received the number of votes placed after their names:

Maher, Austin V Dillon, Andrew Hoey, B. Vincent

4 51 4 19 4 08

Mangan, Joseph McCourt, Philip E Glynn, John F. P

374 328 2 32

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