The Gazette 1986

GAZETTE

APRIL 1986

IRISH APPRENTICES AT JESSUP MOOT

AGRICULTURAL LOSS ASSESSMENT

This year, for the first time, a team of four solicitors apprentices, Paul Heffernan, Paul Kearney, and Ultan Stephenson of McCann Fitzgerald Sutton Dudley and Kevin Hoy of Moylan Whitaker, were chosen to repre- sent Ireland at the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. The Jessup Moot is one of the premier international competitions for law students. Participants prepare and present written and oral submissions on each side of a given problem in public international law. This year's problem, based on the Anglo-Greek dispute over the Elgin Marbles, concerned the restoration of art treasures to their country of origin and also involved questions of the laws of war treaty law, diplomatic immunity, nationality and extradition. Thirty- seven teams from around the world took part in the World Finals, held in Washington D.C., from April 5th-12th. The competition was, naturally, very strong. The Irish team competed against teams from the University of Florence, the University of Tokyo, the University of Hong Kong and the Queen's University of Toronto. Although beaten by Queen's University, the eventual Runners-Up, the Irish were reckoned to have performed creditably. First prize was eventually carried off by the Boston College School of Law. As well as participating in the Jessup Moot, the team were also the guests of the Hon. Howard T. Markey, Chief Judge of the Federal Court of Appeal. We attended a sitting of the Court, visited the Chief Judge's Chambers and were shown the very impressive courthouse facilities before being entertained to lunch by the Chief Judge. The team also visited the Georgetown University Law Centre in Washington and by courtesy of the Internat- ional Law Librarian, Ms. Ellen Shaffer, used the enviable research facilities of the Fred O. Dennis Law Library in preparing for the Jessup Moot. It is interesting to note that the Library contained an impressive collection of Irish legal texts as well as the Irish Jurist, and was in the process of acquiring sets of the Irish Reports and the Acts of the Oireachtas! Participation would not have been possible without generous sponsorship, not only from the Education Com- mittee and certain individual solicitors, but also from McCann FitzGerald Sutton Dudley and Moylan Whitaker, as well as from several apprentices. Particular thanks is also due to the Bar Council, Mr. John Cooke, S.C., Charles Brennan & Co., Impac Ltd., and Digital Equipment (Ireland) Ltd. •

We are in a unique position to offer the following:- • Combination of qualified Accounts Assessors and Agricultural Graduates. • Largest computerised Farm Data Bank in Ireland with Farm Enterprise Earnings Range. • Countrywide network of offices. To provide the following back-up services in Loss Assessments related to Agricultural Earnings. • Loss of income claims . CPO . Damages Assessments • Expert Reports . Inspections and Opinions . Expert Witness. IFAC Irish Farm Accounts Co-Operative Society Limited, Head Office, Irish Farm Centre, Bluebell, Dublin 12. A Phone: Peadar Murphy at (01) 501166 - 50/022

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