The Gazette 1977

GAZETTE

APRIL 1977

COUNCIL OF THE SOCIETY

Solicitors' Benevolent Association. 24-3-1977: Accompanied by the Vice-Presidents, Messrs Joseph Dundon and Walter Beatty, and the Director General, paid a courtesy visit to the President of Ireland. 28-3-1977: Attended Kildare Bar Association Meeting at Lawlor's Hotel, Naas. 29-3-1977: Attended Cavan Bar Association Meeting at the Farnham Arms Hotel, Cavan. 31-3-1977: Presided at the Dinner given by the Council of the Law Society in the Library, Four Courts. 4-4-1977: Attended Wexford Bar Association Meeting at White's Hotel, Wexford. 13-4-1977: Attended Irish Medical Association, Presidential Address and Reception at Europe Hotel, Killarney. 15-4-1977: Was guest of the Tipperary and Offaly (Birr Division) Sessional Bar Association. 19-4-1977: Attended Louth Bar Association Meeting at the Imperial Hotel, Dundalk. 20-4-1977: Attended Limerick Bar Association Meeting at Chamber of Commerce. Later was guest of the Clare Bar Association at Dinner in the Old Ground Hotel, Ennis. 22-4-1977: Represented the Law Society in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh, at the funeral of his Eminence Cardinal Conway in the forenoon. Attended at the Mount Brandon Hotel, Tralee, the Society of Young Solicitors' weekend seminar, commencing on 22 April 1977 on developments in Employment and Labour Law and Planning Law. 26-4-1977: Attended Galway Bar Association Meeting in the Great Southern Hotel, Galway. 29-4-1977: At the invitation of the President and Council of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland attended a Reception and Dinner in the Gresham Hotel, Dublin. Was guest speaker at the Ex-Auditors Debate of the Solicitors' Apprentices Debating Society of Ireland on the motion "That we would fuse the legal profession".

COUNCIL DINNER The Annual Dinner of the Council of the Society was held in the Library of the Society in the Four Courts on Thursday, 31st March, 1977. The President, Mr. Bruce St. John Blake, received the guests. The guests included representatives of all the professional bodies and banking and commercial institutions, and also included the Minister for Finance (Mr. R. Ryan, T.D.) and the Minister for Justice (Mr. P. Cooney, T.D.). The members of the Judiciary present included the Chief Justice (the Hon. T. F. O'Higgins), the President of the High Court (the Hon. Mr. Justice T. Finlay), Mr. Justice Walsh, Mr. Justice Henchy, Mr. Justice Griffin, Mr. Justice Kenny, Mr. Justice Butler, Mr. Justice Hamilton, Mr. Justice Murnaghan, Mr. Justice Gannon, Mr. Justice McMahon, Mr. Justice Doyle, Mr. Justice Pringle, Mr. Justice Conroy, the President of the Circuit Court (Mr. Justice Durcan), and the President of the District Court (Justice Ó Floinn). Also present were the President of the Incorporated Law Society of Northern Ireland (Mr. Lennox Cotton), the Attorney-General (Mr. Declan Costello), Mr. Sydney Lomas and Miss Thomasina McKinney of the Incorporated Law Society of Northern Ireland, the Provost of Trinity College (Professor F. S. L. Lyons), Professor R. F. V. Heuston, Dean of the Faculty of Law, T.C.D., Professor Niall Osborough, Dean of the Faculty of Law, U.C.D., and Professor E. Ryan, Dean of the Faculty of Law, U.C.C. The toast of "Our Guests" was proposed by Mr. Walter Beatty, Junior Vice-President of the Society, and responded to by Mr. Justice Hamilton. The toast of "The Society" was proposed by Mr. Patrick Cooney, T.D., Minister for Justice, and responded to by the President. THE PRESIDENT'S DIARY OF ENGAGEMENTS 22-3-1977: Attended Carlow Bar Association Meeting. 23-3-1977: Attended Annual General Meeting of the

EXAMINATION DATES AND FEES

Please note that the Society's examinations will commence on the following dates and the closing dates are as shown: Examination Date of Commencement Closing Date First Irish Wednesday, 13 July 1977 29 June 1977 Second Irish Friday, 15 July 1977 29 June 1977 Law Examinations Friday, 19 August 1977 26 July 1977 Entries received after 4.00 p.m. on the specified closing date will not be considered. All entry forms should be accompanied by the appropriate fee as specified in the Solicitors Acts 1954 and 1960 (Apprentices Fee) Regulations, 1975, which are as follows: Examination First Entry Repeat Entry First Irish £5.00 £3.00 Second Irish £5.00 £5.00 First Law £10.00 £10.00 Second Law £15.00 £10.00 Third Law £15.00 £10.00 Applications received without the entry fees will not be accepted. The Education Committee will only consider applications for exemption from sitting the First Law Examination from those who have entered for the examination, paid the prescribed fee and furnished the appropriate evidence of their degree qualification.

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