The Gazette 1990

GAZETTE

SEPTEMBER 1990

Y o u n g er M e m b e r s N e w s

T h e Soc i e ty of Young So l i c i t o rs The Society of Young Solicitors held its Annual General Meeting on the 21st July 1990. The Minutes of the previous meeting were duly read and approved after which the following officers were appointed for 1990/91: Chairman: Colin Sainsbury Vice Chairman: James McCourt Treasurer: Paul White Secretary: Owen O'Sullivan Public Relations Officer: Jennifer Blunden.

script-provider a hand to get started. The new Chairman also thanked Terence McCrann for his valued contribution to the work of his Committee as he retired after five years. Norman Spendlove then address- ed the meeting briefly, informing members that the first SYS meet- ing had been held in Buswell's Hotel in May 1965. It was at that meeting that the Society name was chosen, the word "Society" being considered more appropriate than "Institute" which was then the "in word". The word "Young" was intended to represent the Society as being young in outlook though not necessarily in age. There can be no doubt that that particular defini- tion has earned its place in the Society name and it is to be hoped that members of the profession continue to ensure that theSociety lives up to its name at least in spirit! Apart from the abovementioned officers, the current Committee members are Katherine Delahunt, Mary Hayes, Maureen Walsh, Gavin Buckley, Brian O'Connor and Miriam Reynolds. The Committee notes with regret the resignation of Caroline Crowley for personal reas- ons. The meeting then adjourned. The next seminar will be held in Jury's Hotel, Cork, from the 16th to the 18th November 1990. It is to be

a joint conference with the Bar on topics ranging from Personal Injuries to the Future of the Pro- fession. Jennifer Blunden/PRO Publications Gregg Myles, one of the speakers at the Joint Young Solicitors Con- ference which was held inGalway in April, 1990, has produced a short booklet entitled "Essential EEC Directives —Current andPending", based upon the address which he gave at the Galway Conference. The booklet is a useful yet succinct summary of all Directives of which Solicitors should now be aware, and, even more importantly, those upon which Solicitors will require to be in a position to advise their clients from 1992., Amongst the areas covered in the booklet, are banking, free movement of capital, company law, construction of products, environ- ment, health and safety at work, public procurement, residence, road transport, and standards. Copies of the booklet are avail- able from Colin Sainsbury, Chair- man, Society of Young Solicitors, c/o A & L Goodbody, 1 Earlsfort Centre, Hatch Street, Dublin 2, at the price of only IRE6.00 (including postage and packaging). •

Katherine Delahunt, the outgoing Chairman, then addressed the meeting. She thanked all Com- mittee Members for their help during the year and, in particular, gave special thanks to the new Chairman and his sub-committee for their hard work and dedication in organising what was generally agreed to be a most successful international conference in Galway on 6th to 8th April, 1990. A special tribute was then paid to Norman Spendlove who retired from the Committee after twenty five years. A presentation was made to Mr. Spendlove by the outgoing Chair- man on behalf of the Committee. It was noted that his many years of printing and providing lecture scripts to the Society amounted to a major contribution to the effici- ency and success of the many seminars held by the SYS. The new Chairman, Colin Sainsbury, then addressed the meeting. On behalf of the Com- mittee he thanked the outgoing Chairman for her work on behalf of the Society. She was to be congra- tulated on a most successful year which heralded the start of the champagne express (Killarney) and saw the introduction of 8 AM meetings for the sub-committee organising the International Con- ference (Galway). The new Chair- man acknowledged that the future of the scripts was in a state of flux due in no small measure to the fact that Norman Spendlove's personal time and effort in this area had been taken very much for granted. In addition Mr. Spendlove had very kindly agreed to give the new

Younger Members Committee in a s s o c i a t i on w i t h The Institute of Chartered Accountants and The Society of Chartered Surveyors BOWLING NIGHT PRIZES to be held at Stillorgan Bowling Alley, Dublin on Thursday,

20th September, 1990 (7.45 p.m.) Subscription £6.00 per person. Limited number of places available.

For registration please contact Sandra Fisher, Madia Officar, The Law Society, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7 (Tel: 710711, Fax: 7107041.

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