The Gazette 1983

MARCH 1983

GAZETTE

Fees for attending Social Welfare Appeals The following letter has been received by the Director General.

Correspondence The Editor, Incorporated Law Society Gazette.

15th March '83

Dear Sir, I recently received the following Requisition on Title requesting that the Purchaser's Solicitor be furnished with Documents on closing, to include the following: "Transfer to Purchaser duly executed by the Vendors, P.D. impressed and a Judge duly stamped." Unfortunately I could not find one slim enough to fit into the stamping machine in the Castle. Yours sincerely, Thomas P. O'Connor, Solicitor, 77 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2. Dear Mr Ivers, Further to our letter of February 2nd we can now advise that, with effect from March 1st, the price of a large-scale map will be IR£18.75. Large-scale maps are those generally utilised by your professional members and include 25-inch to 1 mile, 6-inch to 1 mile and 1:1,000. Royalty charges have increased in line with map prices and the per capita fee for an Annual Licence is now IR£20.00. The minimum Permit fee for copying large- scale maps is now IR£7.00, e.g. up to 12 copies at A4 size. The post and packing charge is IR£1.25 per order irrespective of whether the order is for one or several maps. Please contact this Office if you wish any further prices, information or clarification. Director-General, The Law Society. 23rd March '83

Mr. James J. Ivers, Director General, The Incorporated Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7.

2nd December '82

Dear Mr. Ivers, I wish to refer to your letter of 30 August 1982 (Ref. JJI/KC) regarding the payments made to solicitors who attend at oral hearings of appeals under the Social Welfare Acts. It is considered that the comparison suggested with payments made under the Free Legal Aid Scheme would not be appropriate. However, I propose, in substitution for the current arrangements to have the amount to be awarded to solicitors who attend at oral hearings of appeals increased to £23 for an attendance of 3 hours or less, with effect from 1 January, 1983. As you will be already aware from previous correspondence, these hearings rarely last more than one hour but in the exceptional case where a hearing runs over the 3 hours the Appeals Officer will adjust the amount accordingly. I should be glad if you would indicate your Society's agreement to the proposed new arrangements so that it may be put into effect in the new year. Yours sincerely, Patrick Geoghegan, Chief Appeals Officer, Department of Social Welfare, D'Olier House, Dublin 2. LAW SOCIETY ANNUAL CONFERENCE Dromo l and Castle and Clare Inn Newmarket on Fergus, Co. Clare 5-8 May, 1983 Programme will include lectures on Management of a Law Office by Robert I. Weil and Patricia Kane, Consultants, Altman & Weil Inc. and an address by Mr. Desmond O'Malley, T.D., on the Legal Profession — The Future. An interesting social programme has been arranged. Brochures and Registration Forms will be issued shortly.

Yours faithfully, M.C. O'Gorman,

A/Supt. Administration. Ordnance Survey Office, Phoenix Park, Dublin

AGENCY Dublin firm of solicitors adjacent to Law Society and Four Courts wishes to establish town agency practice offering a personalised service to a small number of principals. Enquiries to: Robert Pierse and Associates, Solicitors, 48 Blackhall Place, Dublin 7 Tel. 01-714414

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