The Gazette 1978

DECEMBER1978

GAZETTE

CORRESPONDENCE Fitzwilton House, Wilton Place, Dublin 2. Telephone Dublin 765153 Telex 5839 October 25, 1978. Dear Sir, I should be grateful if you would arrange for a note to be included in the next issue of the Incorporated Law Society Gazette in relation to the summary of my paper which appeared in your July/August edition. When delivering the paper in Killarney, I outlined the provisions of the Tax Acts, in relation to motor vehicles. I mentioned, as an aside, that the Income Tax Acts, schedule 2, provided a relief for holders of offices or employments in relation to expenses incurred in the keeping and maintenance of a horse. Unfortunately the summary published in your Gazette referred to expenses in keeping and maintaining a house. I would be grateful if you could ensure that this error is drawn to the attention of your readers, lest they feel that the Revenue Commissioners are now prepared to grant a tax deducation for housekeeping expenses! Yours sincerely, Diarmuid Murray.

Trinity House, 7; Georges Quay, Cork 15th day of November, 1978

Dear Sir, I received volume 72 number 8 for October, 1978 this morning and would first like to congratulate you on the issue which I found extremely interesting and informative with the exception of "Practitioners Guide Lines" and "Did You Know?" on page 174. It seems to me that, apart from knowledge of which we all have an infinite "need" which your publication endeavours to supply, logic and language are the two most essential "tools" with which a Lawyer works and both have been misused in the Articles I refer to. For instance "lettings" is treated as synonymous with "house", "dwelling", "dwellinghouses" and the circumstances described at paragraphs 5 and 6; "Possesses" is used as if .it were synonymous with "occupies" and so on. It is important to remember in relation to "Local Authority Houses" that it is only certain specified lettings which are controlled. So far as the name of a married woman is concerned it seems to me that a name is something by which a person becomes to be known and if once having adopted her husband's name and becoming known by it a married woman is not free to change. If I am correct she is under a legal obligation to use it when legally obliged to refer to herself. Could I suggest that Articles to go in this section of the Gazette might carefully be checked by persons who are experts in the particular field so as to ensure that the guidelines be and become known as something upon which the average practitioner can depend which I am sure is what is intended. With all good wishes for the future. Yours sincerely, Gerald J. Moloney NATIONWIDE INVESTIGATIONS (Laurence Beggs) 126 BROADFORD RISE

THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION—Contd.

cause be recognised and given equality before the Law. In this context I am reminded of another quotation this time from Voltaire when he said "I disagree with everything that you say but I would die for your right to say it". As long as we can maintain this kind of attitude in the Free World and as long as the Legal Profession is prepared to fulfil its role as the watchdog and the guardian of the rights of the individual then we have not too much to fear. It can and does happen that these rights are abrogated in countries in the Free World. We have had examples in our own Country, we have had examples in Britain, we have had examples everywhere. There is no point in singling out any one particular country for special mention. Therefore in the words of another famous Philosopher let us in the Legal Profession bear in mind that eternal vigilance is the price of liberty and let us always remember that an independent legal profession is the proud inheritance of the Free World. It is our duty as the legal profession in all free Nations, both small and large, to guard this inheritance and thus ensure that it becomes the birthright of future generations.

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