The Gazette 1967/71

(a) £2,700 or 95 per cent, of the value of the house excluding from the value the amount of any grant under any enacte- ment, whichever is the less or, (b) where the house is situated in the County of Dublin or the County boroughs of Dublin, Cork, Limerick or Waterford or the boroughs of Dunlaoghaire or Galway- £3,000 or 95 per cent or the value of the house excluding from that value the amount of any grant under any enacte- ment whichever is the less. Where, however, the borrower surrenders to a housing authority a tenancy of a dwelling pro vided by that housing Authority a loan of up to 99 per cent can be granted. LISTEN AND LEARN "Can I have my transistor radio back, p-l-e-a-s-e ? The terrible trio, Tort, Contract and Real Pro perty of the Society's First Law Examination are the subjects covered in two integrated series on English Law, one on B.B.C. 1 (Television) and the other on Radio 3. The series are designed primarily for students of law proceeding for the Law Society's Part One examination in England but indications are that they may be an invalu able aid to students proceeding for this Society's First Law examination, notwithstanding the differences in Irish and English law. The series do not purport to be a full course but are designed to assist students to make better use of material given to them in lectures or in corres pondence courses. There will be ten programmes on both radio and television. Each week the television pro gramme will examine aspects of key areas and radio will go into various points in greater detail. The B.B.C. 1 series will be on Sundays at 11.30 a.m. starting on the 6th October and the radio 3 series will be at 6.30 p.m. on Thursdays starting on the 10th October. There will be an intro ductory programme for lecturers and students on Thursday 3rd October. An English Law Guide will be available from BBC Publications and will contain an outline of all programme contents in cluding references to cases and judgments cited. While designed primarily for the student it is anticipated that the standard and the content will be such as to make it of considerable interest to practitioners. In particular the Contract and Tort programme should constitute a very worthwhile

refresher course and will enable the practitioner to become more aware of the full implications of recent developments in these branches of law. The series offers an opportunity that no First Law candidate should miss and if you have an apprentice in your office you should draw his attention to them. The solicitor should beg, bor row and if necessary steal his daughter's tran- sister radio for Thursday evenings. He will be more than compensated for the domestic dishar mony that may ensue when he comes face to face with that terrible client who by accident or by , design has listened in to the series. OMBUDSMEN FOR INDUSTRY? Professor K. W. Wedderburn, Sir Ernest Cassells, Professor of Commercial Law at the London School of Economics referred to the possibility of the appointment of ombudsmen for industry when the Report of the Royal Commission on Trade Unions and Employer Associations is pre sented. Professor Wedderburn was addressing the Irish Society of Labour Law and Social Legis lation, at a meeting in the Clarence Hotel earlier this year. The Professor spoke under the following five headings : Industrial Employment Professor Wedderburn said that in the 1960's statutes had begun to impinge directly in the form of minimum standards in governing con tracts with the industrial worker. It was now expected that the Commission on Trade Unions and Employer Associations would call for legis lation on unjust and arbitrary dismissal of wor kers involving a tribunal where the worker could challenge the justice of his dismissal. This type of system is in use in France, and experience suggests that a conciliation stage was essential if it was to work. An important point is that the burden of proof regarding the rights of the case should rest on the employer and not on the employee. Collective Bargaining Professor Wedderburn stated that one of the remarkable things about evidence to the Royal Commission was the startling lack of information about Employers' Associations, which often them selves came within the definition of Trade Unions. A suggestion was made to the Commission that there should be compulsory registration of Trade Unions, which would then have to comply with certain rules. Legal sanctions alone, however, 40