The Gazette 1993

GAZETTE

Law School Professional Courses - Dates and Avai labi l i ty Solicitors intending to take an

Nature/Type of Report: A medico-legal report should be objective, the content should be confined to relevant professional matters and supply the information required to facilitate the patient in seeking his/her entitlements. In this context, the doctor should not assume the role of advocate either for or against any person's position, regardless of his/her inclinations. Subjective and extraneous remarks are therefore inappropriate in a medico-legal report. A doctor who has previously examined or treated a patient is obliged to provide a medico-legal report in respect of the examination or treatment or both when requested to do so by the patient's solicitor. However, a doctor is free to decline to make a medico-legal assessment of a condition for which that doctor has not previously examined or treated the patient. Amount of Fee: A practitioner is free to charge a fee for a medico-legal report which is reasonable and not excessive in relation to the services performed. • In the September 1993 (Vol. 87. No. 7) issue of the Gazette an article was published at page 273 entitled The Competition Act and EEC Block Exemptions in which the author, Denis Cagney, was incorrectly described as a solicitor. Mr. Cagney is in fact a solicitor's apprentice with the firm of Matheson Ormsby Prentice. The error was an editorial one and we apologise to all concerned. Barbara Cahalane Editor, Gazette In 1992 Cot Death Killed 59 Irish Babies. If your client wishes to make a will in favour of Cot Death Research: Telephone 01 - 8747007 (24 Hour Helpline) Correct ion

accompanying documentation. In the absence of any one condition of eligi- bility, an allocation will not be made. It should be noted that failure to take up a place on a particular Professional Course by an apprentice does not automatically ensure postponement to the next available Professional Course, and that in such circumstances it will be the responsibility of the apprentice to re-apply for a place. Following the successful completion of an interview here in Blackhall Place, the applicant to enter into Indentures of Apprenticeship is given consent under section 27 of the Solicitors Act, 1954. Indentures must be executed by both parties by not later than six months after the date of consent. Once Indentures have been executed the apprentice must have started work in the office, in compliance with section 37 of the Solicitors Act, 1954. Applications to attend a Professional Course, should be submitted in writing to the undersigned: Albert Power, Assistant Director of Education, Incorporated Law Society of Ireland,

apprentice are urged to note that the earliest Professional Course now available in Blackhall Place is that commencing in January, 1995. In consequence, the duration of in-office attendance by any apprentice prior to embarking on that Professional Course will be considerable, and this should be borne in mind when planning an apprenticeship recruitment programme.

The dates for the remaining Professional Courses in 1993 and in 1994 are:

34th Professional Course 26 October, 1993 - 24 February, 1994

35th Professional Course 21 March-29 July, 1994

36th Professional Course 22 August - 14 December, 1994

There may be some minor modification of the commencement or termination dates. These would be liable to variation if there were to be any increase in the time allocation for existing subjects or an introduction of any new subjects or due to the vagaries of examination timetabling. There are 91 students on each Professional Course. At the time of going to print all of the above Professional Courses are completely full. The earliest that any eligible applicant will be able to attend on the Professional Course is in January, 1995. Already as at 1 October, 1993, twenty five places have been assigned on this course. Places on Professional Courses are allocated on a 'first come first served basis', provided that the applicant is exempt, or is entitled to apply to be exempt, the Final Examination - First Part, or has in fact passed that examination, and further subject to the applicants actually having secured an apprenticeship and having submitted to the Society the completed application for consent to become apprenticed together with the necessary

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