The Gazette 1986

JULY/AUGUST 1986

GAZETTE

In the course of the year the Committee decided that something should be done in relation to six day costs in the Circuit Court together with District Court appeal costs. To this end a meeting was held with the Circuit Judge to ask him to adopt a scale produced by the Law Society in 1983, but which our County Registrar feels he has no power to adopt. The present position is that the scale has been furnished to the Circuit Judge who seems to be favourably disposed to it. A Notice of Motion will be brought to the Nenagh sittings of the Circuit Court at which the Judge will be asked to adopt a new scale pursuant to Order 58 rule 27 of the Circuit Court Rules. This gives the Judge power to adopt a scale where he considers that there is no "appropriate" scale. Our County Registrar is somewhat opposed to the general idea, but it remains to be seen how it works out in practice. The County Registrar has stated that if the Judge adopts a scale he is prepared to comply with it. The Committee met a total of nine times during the year. There are now ninety-two members of the Association. • Philip Joyce, Hon. Secretary. Summons Servers Ltd. Internationally represented in over 40 countries. Summons Servers Limited is available for service of all Court Documents, Summons, Petitions, Citations, Probate, Debtors Summons throughout Ireland and under Order 11 R.S.C. for Out of Jurisdiction Cases on a worldwide basis. Ri chmond Chambers, 101 Ri chmond Road, Dr umcond r a, Dub l in 3. Tel: 3 6 0 1 2 4 / 5 - 3 7 1 9 0 6 . A subsidiary of K Security Private Investigations Ltd Forensic and Fire Examination We offer a comprehensive service to the legal pro- fession and other bodies requiring scientific advice and testimony in civil and criminal litigation. Areas of special expertise: Fires, Explosions, Firearms, Documents, Contact Traces, Body Fluids, Paint, Fibres, Fingerprints, Alcohol, etc. UK Forensic Science Services Limited, Melbourn Science Park, Moat Lane, Melbourn, Royston, Herts. SG8 6EJ. England Tel: 03(0763)60031.

Tipperary Bar Association Annual General Meeting Report of the Hon. Secretary 1985/86 This has been a particularly busy year for the Bar Association and the Committee has worked well with the addition of some younger members and new faces that came on in 1985. A new Booklet covering the costs to be charged by members of the Association was prepared and issued by the Committee. A sub-committee to draft and propose new rules has completed its work and the results of that work is before the A.G.M. for consideration. The Committee dealt with two complaints under the Bar Association Rules. The complaints were heard and adjudicated upon. The hearing of these complaints took up a large part of the Committee's time throughout the year. A social outing for members of the Association was held at Chez Hans, Cashel. It is felt by the Committee that any gathering which brings members of the Association together socially is a great help to promote understanding. A new group concentrating on allegations against members of the legal profession was formed in Nenagh. The Committee was concerned at the high profile taken by two public representatives for the area who seemed to be supporting this group. The Committee has received correspondence from these Public Represen- tatives (both of whom are resident in Nenagh) assuring it that they have not given support to this new organisa- tion. The situation is being kept under review and the Committee's feeling on this topic is to keep a low profile at present. This attitude seems to be working well at present. The half-yearly meeting of the Association was held on 25 March and was addressed by Mr. Ivers, Director General, Law Society, and the President of the Law Society, Mr. Larry Cullen. The attendance at that meeting was a little on the low side, but Mr. Cullen gave an extremely detailed review of matters affecting the profession at present. There is to be a new Solicitors' Bill circulated shortly. The advertising regulations which were expected to come into force in September will not now be dealt with until November as there has been a request for an extraordinary general meeting of the Law Society which will be held in conjunction with the A.G.M. at the end of the year. Mr. Cullen also informed the Bar Association that the attitude of the Law Society in relation to public relations had changed now and that in future it proposes to adopt a high profile and that this action was paying dividends. During the year the Committee decided that where Solicitors are called as witnesses in Court cases that they should be paid a fee of £50.00 per hour rising to a maximum of £250.00 per day together with travelling and subsistence. The Committee also decided that where documents are bespoken from a colleague on behalf of a client that a reasonable fee should be paid to that colleague for scheduling and producing the documents subject to a minimum of £15.00 plus V.A.T.

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