The Gazette 1990

j A nua R y / february

1990

GAZETTE

"I have very recently received the report of the Fair Trade Commission on its study of the legal profession. This study is one of a number into various professions. The reports on the engineering and accountancy professions were published some time ago and I expect to receive the report on surveyors and auctioneers within the next couple of months. It is usual with these reports that their publication is deferred until firm decisions are made in relation to their recommenda- tions. There are a number of reasons for dealing with the report on the legal profession differently. While the study has been in progress, and particularly more recently, there has been some public comment on what it might and should contain. Some of these comments were fact- ually inaccurate and speculative. There appears to be a mis- understanding in some quarters that the situation in relation to the legal profession is the same in Ireland as in the United Kingdom. The degree of con- troversy which surrounds the proposals for reform of the legal profession in the United Kingdom may be the basis for the ill-informed comment and speculation but it does not excuse it. There are significant differ- ences between the situation in the United Kingdom and Ireland. I need mention only two here to illustrate the point. In Ireland, since 1971, solicitors have a right of audience in all courts whereas in the UK this is not the case. In the UK barristers organise them- selves in chambers and in Ireland this type of organisation does not operate. I feel that the early publication of the report would go some way towards ensuring that debate and comment on the subject is at least based on the facts. It would, incidentally, help focus the public relations cam- paigns of certain interest groups on what the Fair Trade Com- mission has actually recom- mended rather than on what it might be about to recommend. The Fair Trade Commission Report is a lengthy one -

running to almost 700 pages - and it makes recommendations that would, if accepted, not only require amendments to a number of existing statutes but might also involve completely new legislation. Clearly such a complex of issues cannot be dis- posed of lightly or quickly. I consider it desirable that the contents of the report be publicly available while examina- tion of the report proceeds. It may well be that the responses to the report will assist the process of examination and im- prove the quality of decisions that will eventually be taken by me and the government. I will, as is usual in such cases, be presenting the report to government before it is published."

In the matter of J ohn J. O'Reilly, a solicitor carrying on practice under the style of T. J. Fitzpatrick & Co. and under the style of Duffy Black & Co. and in the matter of the Solicitors' Acts 1954 and 1960. TAKE NOT I CE that by Order of the President of the High Court made the 12th day of March 1990, it was ordered pursuant to the provision of Section 20(1) (a) of the Solicitors' (Amendment) Act 1960 that no banking company shall without leave of the High Court make any payment out of a banking account in the name of the solicitor John J. O'Reilly or the firm T. J. Fitzpatrick & Co., 7 Farnham Street, Cavan, or the firm Duffy Black & Co. at The Diamond, Clones, Co. Monaghan and by further Order of the President of the High Court made the 15th day of March, 1990, it was ordered that the current Practising Certificates of the said John J. O'Reilly be suspended. Signed: James J. I vers, Registrar of Solicitors. ASSOCIATION OF PENSION LAWYERS REPUBLIC OF IRELAND REGIONAL GROUP INAUGURAL MEETING Thursday 17th May 1990 Further details available from: Raymond Kelly (Tel. 720288) Michael Lane (Tel. 717077) Joan Flanagan (Tel. 767591)

A N t O I R E A C H T AS List of Mea s u r es enac t ed by the Oi r each t as dur i ng the year 1 9 89 Title of Act

Number 1 of '89 2 of '89 3 of '89 4 of '89

Garda Síochána Act, 1989

Landlord and Tenant

(Amendment) Act, 1989 •

Insurance Act, 1989 Social Welfare Act, 1989

Jurisdiction of Courts (Maritime Conventions) Act, 1989 Judical Separation and Family Law Reform Act, 1989 Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 1989 7 of '89 Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1989 8 of '89 Bord na gCapall (Dissolution) Act, 1989 9 of'89 Finance Act, 1989 10 of '89 An Blascaod Mór National Historic Park Act, 1989 11 of '89 Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1989 12 of '89 Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited (Amendment) Act, 1989 13 of'89 University of Limerick Act, 1989 14 of '89 Dublin City University Act, 1989 15 of '89 Central Bank Act, 1989 16 of '89 Building Societies Act, 1989 17 of '89 Children Act, 1989 18 of'89 Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989 19 of'89 Údaras na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Act, 1989 20 of '89 Local Government Provisional 1 Order Confirmation Act, (Private) 1989 o f ' 89 Trustee Savings Banks Act, 1989 21 of '89 Video Recordings Act, 1989 22 of '89 Appropriation Act, 1989 23 of '89 5 of '89 6 of '89

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