The Gazette 1990

GAZETTE

A PRIL 1990

the context otherwise re- quires — "the Act of 1954" means the Solicitors Act, 1954; "the Act of 1960" means the Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1960; "Court" means any court estab- lished and for the time being maintained by law pursuant to Article 34 of the Constitution; "the Disciplinary Committee" means the Disciplinary Commit- tee appointed pursuant to Section 6 of the Act of 1960; # "full age" shall be construed in accordance with the Age of Majority Act 1985 or any amendment or modification thereof; "personal injuries claim" means a claim by a person arising from an act, omission or default of another or others which causes personal injuries to that person; "solicitor" means a solicitor qualified to practise pursuant to Section 54 of the Act of 1954; and includes a firm of solicitors and any partnership or associ- ation of solicitors; 3. A solicitor instructed to make a personal injuries claim on behalf of a person who is not of full age shall not settle that person's claim without first issuing pro- ceedings in the appropriate court and having the terms of such settlement approved by that court. 4. The failure of a solicitor to comply with Regulation 3 of these regulations may, upon due enquiry by the Disciplinary Com- mittee, be deemed by the Dis- ciplinary Committee to be misconduct within the meaning of the Act of 1960. Signed on behalf of the Incorpor- ated Law Society of Ireland this 6th day of April, 1990. Ernest J. Margetson, President of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland. Local Government (Multi- Storey Buildings) Act 1988 Practitioners are referred to the pre- contract requisitions relating to the Local Government (Multi-Storey Buildings) Act 1988, which were published as a supplement to last months Gazette. Please note that the word "specified" on the first line of requisition 6 should read "multi-storey".

Disadvantages of this scheme a. Input credit may be reduced depending on the mix of the group. b. Registrtaion on input VAT and genera) overhead group depend on the group turnover rather than the individual company turnover. c. Each member is jointly and severally liable for the Tax although only one member is liable to deliver the statutory returns. Taxation Committee Solicitors (Practice, Conduct and Discipline) Regulations, 1990 S.I. No. 99 of 1990. The above regulations came into force on 1 June, 1990. They require that a solicitor instructed to make a personal injuries claim on behalf of a person who is not of full age shall not settle that person's claim without first issuing proceedings in the appropriate court and having the terms of such settlement approved by that court. The full text of the Statutory Instrument is printed hereunder. The purpose of this Regulation is to prohibit what has been loosely called a 'parent indemnity' settle- ment, that is, a settlement of a perceived non-serious infant case by payment of an agreed amount to the parentis) of the infant by the defendant's insurance company, (without proceedings being issued and without court approval, or the lodging of the amount in court), in consideration of which the parent(s) give a written indemnity to the defendant/insurance company con- cerned in the event of the infant suing the defendant after reaching full age. The Incorporated Law Society of Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Sections 4, 5 and 71 of the Solicitors Act, 1954 (No. 36 of 1954) hereby makes the following regulations: 1. (1) These regulations may be cited as the Solicitors (Pro- fessional Practice, Conduct and Discipline) Regulations 1990. (2) These regulations shall come into force on the 1st day of June 1990. 2. (1) In these regulations unless

A' Ms. Catherine Treacy, Barrister, has been appointed Registrar of Titles and Deeds.

EUROPEAN LAW STUDENTS ASSOCIATION ELS A IRELAND

First General Meeting with Wine & Cheese to follow at the Offices of the Commission of the European Communities, Molesworth St., Dublin 2. on Tuesday, 17 July, 1990 at 6.00 p.m. All interested in joining ELSA — Ireland are very welcome. For further information con- tact Marie Conroy, Secretary, ELSA-lreland, c/o Incorporated Law Society, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7.

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