The Gazette 1993

VOL. 87 NO. 10

DECEMBER 1993

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Viewpoint 329 The Law Society and the Bar Council have made the case for an executive agency for the courts. There is an onus on those with a different point of view to set out clearly why they see it differently. President's Message 331 The year ahead will be one during which solicitors will again come under the legislative spotlight, with the reintroduction of the Solicitors (Amendment) Bill, writes newly-elected President, Michael V. O'Mahony. News 330 et seq. Compensation Fund payments, page 330; Council resolves to campaign further against capping, page 333; Results of elections to Council 1993/94, page 335; LRC examines plain language, page 344; First conferring of Diplomas in Property Tax, page 348; Law Society President criticises paltry legal aid, page 349; Law Society/ICL Niall McCarthy Essay Prizes awarded, page 357; FLAC Welfare Guides, page 358; Medico/Legal Society Winter Programme, page 361; IBA Biennial Conference, page 363; Samaritans - someone to listen, page 363. Law Society/Bar Council submission on Courts 337 A summary of the joint submission made by the Law Society and the Bar Council on the courts service, presented to the Minister for Justice last September. Mediawatch 339 Media coverage of the criticisms of the Society's submission on the courts by the President of the High Court and other news stories bearing on the solicitors' profession during October. Lawbrief 341 Rules of the Superior Courts amended; Constitutional challenge to withholding tax credits; Lawyers warned in judicial review cases; Practice direction on the use of medical reports and reports of expert witnesses, Dr. Eamonn Hall reports.

Practice Notes 343 Revenue undertakings - Publican's licences; Residential Property Tax/Probate Tax - Requisitions on Title; Local Authority - Shared Ownership Schene.

People and Places

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Book Reviews 351 LRC Report on Land Law and Conveyancing Law; LRC Report on Occupiers' Liability; Textbook on Jurisprudence; The Law of Company Insolvency. Probate Tax - The Implications for Practitioners 355 One of the features of the newly-introduced probate tax is that practitioners will become the collectors of the tax on behalf of the Revenue, writes Richard Grogan. 359 Reform of family law must be accompanied by greater resources and improvement in facilities in the courts and related social services, according to speakers at the seminar "Marital Breakdown - the legal and social responses" staged recently by the Public Relations Committee of the Law Society. 362 Law School timetable 1994; Apprenticeship - duties of master and apprentice. 365 Notices concerning lost land certificates; lost wills, employment and miscellaneous advertisements. Seminar on Marital Breakdown Law School Notices Professional Information

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Front Cover Photograph: Michael V. O'Mahony, President of the Law Society, 1993/94 '

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