The Gazette 1992

GAZETTE

DECEMBER 1992

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• A Discussion P a p er o n C o n t e mpt of C o u r t.

Re po rt (1991) are available f r om the Law Re f o rm Comm i s s i o n, Ar d i l a un Centre, St. S t e p h e n 's Gr e e n, Dub l in 2. Price £2.00. •

Law Reform Commission - 13th Report

• A Co n s u l t a t i on p a p er o n the C r i me of Libel.

T h e 13th Re po rt of the Law R e f o rm Comm i s s i on outlines its activities d u r i ng the year e n d i ng 31 December, 1991 a nd notes t h at 1991 saw a n umb er of the r e c omme n d a t i o ns of the C omm i s s i on being enacted into legislation. T h e S t a t u te of L imi t a t i o ns ( Am e n dm e n t) Act, 1991 substantially enacted the r e c omme n d a t i o ns c o n t a i n ed in the Comm i s s i o n 's Re p o rt o n Personal Injuries, ( LRC 21-1987) while the C r imi n al D a m a ge Act, 1991 was in substantial accord with the Comm i s s i o n 's r e c omme n d a t i o ns in its report o n Ma l i c i o us D a m a ge ( LRC 26 1988). T h e Ad o p t i on Act, 1991 i mp l eme n t ed ma ny of the r e c omme n d a t i o ns m a d e in the Re p o rt o n the Recognition of Foreign Ad o p t i on Decrees ( LRC 29 - 1989), the Child Ab d u c t i on a n d E n f o r c eme nt of Cu s t o dy Or d e rs Act, 1991 i mp l eme n t ed the s u b s t a n ce of the Comm i s s i o n 's r e c omme n d a t i o ns in its Re p o rt o n the H a g ue Co n v e n t i on o n the Civil As p e c ts of I n t e r n a t i o n al Child Ab d u n c t i on a n d Related Ma t t e rs ( LRC 29 - 1989), a nd the Child Ca re Act, 1992 i mp l eme n t ed t he r e c omme n d a t i o ns regarding care proceedings m a d e by the

• A Re p o rt on the I nd e x a t i on of Fines.

Current Legal Problems 1992

Du r i ng 1991 two f u r t h er Re p o r ts relating to Conv e y a n c i ng Law a n d L a nd Law were s u bmi t t ed to the A t t o r n ey General: T h e Passing of Risk f r om Vendor to P u r c h a s er ( LRC 39 1991) a n d Service of Comp l e t i on Notices ( LRC 40 1991). A lengthy Discussion P a p er on D i s h o n e s ty was circulated to interested g r o u p s, c o n t a i n i ng provisional r e c omme n d a t i o ns relating to the creation of new a n d simplified o f f e n c es relating to f r a u d. T h e C omm i s s i on h o p es to publish a Re po rt on this in 1992. Du r i ng the year the Comm i s s i on wo r k ed o n the first d r a ft of a Discussion P a p er o n Ch o i ce of Law on Tort a n d a Discussion P a p er to deal with the f o r mu l a t i on of a c oh e r e nt sentencing policy. T h e latter p a p er is near c omp l e t i o n. An ad h oc advisory c omm i t t ee of the Comm i s s i on c o n t i n u ed its e x ami n a t i on of various aspects of

Vol 45 - Part 1 Annual Review. By Ben Pettet, (Editor), Ox f o rd University Press, 1992, 214pp, p a p e r b a ck £15.00

Th is a n n u al review is a new venture f o rm i ng Part 1 of the Cu r r e nt Legal P r o b l ems series which previously consisted of p a p e rs f r om a series of lectures a n d seminars. T h e a im of the review is " t o provide a high quality analysis of f u n d a m e n t al legal d e v e l o pme n ts in each of 6 core areas: c on t r a c t, criminal law, E u r o p e an C o mm u n i ty law, p r o p e r ty law, public law a n d tort but it may also carry o ne or t wo articles on current d e v e l o pme n ts a nd fields not limited to these core areas. T h e v o l ume immediately invites c omp a r i s on with the An n u al Review of Irish Law edited by William Binchy a nd Raymond Byrne which h as been in existence since 1987. T h e Irish p u b l i c a t i on takes a braver a p p r o a ch to the year's d e v e l o pme n ts in the law o f f e r i ng a c omp r e h e n s i ve review of the full s p e c t r um of the law's activities. It is, therefore, mo re satisfactory f r om the po i nt of view of the practitioner w h o is s c a n n i ng the entire range of legal p r o b l ems to look for p a r t i c u l ar developments. Wh i le a n umb er of the cases which are reviewed in the b o ok are of significant interest to Irish practitioners since they cover areas of law where there is little difference between English law a n d Irish law, I (Continued on page 402) 403

C omm i s s i on in its Re p o rt on Child Sexual Ab u se ( LRC 32 1991).

family law a n d a Co n s u l t a t i on P a p er will be c omp l e t ed this year.

T h e C omm i s s i on also c omme n c ed research into the law relating to insanity, intoxication a n d also c omme n c ed research o n t he law relating to c omp e n s a t i on in p e r s o n al i n j u ry cases with p a r t i c u l ar reference to periodic p a yme nt of d ama g e s.

Reports in 1991

In 1991, t he C omm i s s i on p r o d u c ed a n umb er of reports a n d discussion p a p e rs including:-

• Co n f i s c a t i on of the P r o c e e ds of Cr ime.

Co p i es of t he Th i r t e e n th A n n u al

• A Re p o rt o n the Civil Law of D e f ama t i o n.