The Gazette 1985

GAZETTE

SEPTEMBER 1985

our experiences in regard to member companies covering approximately 70,000 properties. I am reluctant to engage in the age-old pastime in Ireland of telling the other fellow what he should do, but as the Law Society and the Dublin Solicitors' Bar Association have, not for the first time, engaged in this practice vis-á-vis our organisation, I must retort by pointing out that these organisations would be better served if they addressed themselves to the issue of delays and expenses associated with the sale and purchase of private houses — a topic addressed in the report of An Foras Forbartha published in 1982. Implementation of some of the recommendations of that report would go a long way towards reducing the risks which apparently are the concern of these organisations. I believe that this is a case of 'physician heal thyself. Yours faithfully, Michael Greene, Managing Director, National House Building Guarantee Scheme, Federation House, Canal Rd., Dublin 6. Editor's comment Mr. Greene's reference above to the fact that "discussions have taken place recently with representatives of the Law Society" may tend to mislead. While very useful discussions are indeed in train between the Society and the C.I.F., these have centred very largely on other issues, such as whether purchases of newly built houses can be completed merely on undertakings regarding Guarantee Certificates, the use of the Standard Building Contract, the form of Building Contracts for one-off houses and Arbitration. At the most recent meeting, the C.I.F. again indicated that there was no likelihood of deposits being included in the protection given by the scheme within the foreseeable future.

The Editor, Law Society Gazette, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7.

24 July, 1985

Dear Editor, I refer to the correspondence in recent issues of the Gazette, emanating from a letter published in the March issue from Mr. Harry C.P. Barry of M/s. Charles M. Barry & Son, Solicitors. My great grandfather, James Smyth, was the first of my family to be admitted as a solicitor, and he commenced practice under the style of Smyth & Son, in Drogheda in 1875. Since that time, the practice has been carried on successively by my grandfather, John F. Smyth, my father, the late Michael Smyth, and, more recently, by myself. I should say that since 1983, the practice has been carried on, firstly by my father and latterly by me, in partnership with Bernard Gogarty, who is the first non- member of the family to be associated with the Firm. Other than this, the only change in the practice occurred in 1973 when we moved our offices to their present address.

Yours sincerely, Paul R. Smyth, Solicitor, Smyth & Son, Solicitors, 30 Magdalene St., Drogheda.

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