The Gazette 1992

VOL.86

NO.8

OCTOBER 1992

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The Government needs to take immediate action to introduce a proper scheme of civil legal aid and to provide adequate fees for solicitors who do criminal legal aid work. President's Message 295 Fusion of the two branches of the legal profession is not a panacea for reform of the legal system, writes Adrian Bourke, reacting to a recent article by Pat McCartan TD. Inheritance Tax and the Evaluation of S60 and S119 Policies Leo Clarke of Hibernian Life writes about relief available for certain life assurance policies that can assist with capital acquisitions tax planning. 301 Procedure for ordering of copy documents in the Probate Office; Building Contracts - Certification for Lending Institutions. 297 Practice Notes Reform of Occupiers' Liability 303 Ireland has gone down the road of judicial reform of the common law relating to occupiers' liability, while in England reform has taken a statutory route. Eoin O'Dell examines whether statutory reform of the law in Ireland is necessary and whether the English experience could be used as a model.

This month we review: Law Firms in Europe; Human Rights and Constitutional Law (Essays in Honour of Brian Walsh); and Compulsory Purchase and Compensation in Ireland. Lawbrief 317 Recently the Supreme Court held that a husband who was a homosexual lacked the capacity to sustain normal marital relations. The High Court has held that it has jurisdiction to discipline solicitors as officers of the court.

Are you sitting comfortably?

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New EC framework Directives on health and safety will impose stringent requirements on employers to guard the safety and welfare of employees who operate video display units. Henry C Barry outlines their scope.

Correspondence

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William Johnston takes issue with the editorial on examinerships published in the July issue and says it is misinformed to suggest that court protection is not working due to security held by lenders. 323 Obituaries are published of newly-qualified solicitors, Leo Ryan and Declan Murphy who drowned tragically and the Honourable Mr. Justice Niall McCarthy and his wife, Barbara, who were killed in a car accident. Obituaries

Professional Information

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Notices concerning: lost land certificates, wills, title deeds, employment and miscellaneous advertisements.

People and Places

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approval by the Law Society for the product or service advertised. Published at Blackhall Place, Dublin 7. Telephone 710711 Tfelex: 31219 Fax: 710704. Front Cover: Professor Laurence Sweeney who retired on 30 September last after fifteen years service as Director of Taining in the Society's Law School.

Editor: Barbara Cahalane Committee: Eamonn G. Hall, (Chairman) Maeve Hayes, (Vice Chairman)

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