The Gazette 1995

GAZETTE

M EDIWH M ARCH1995

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exposes Vendors Solicitors to potential claims for negligence in the event of payment on foot of such cheques not being honoured on the instructions of Purchasers or otherwise. In expressing the foregoing view, the Committee is conscious of the expanding practice which, as a matter of necessity, has developed in respect of three-way closings of sales, of Lenders Solicitors cheques being utilised to discharge payment of balance of proceeds of sale where Purchasers loan cheques are split to facilitate the redemption of Vendors Mortgages on such closings. However as this latter procedure does vary from the recommended practice, the Committee considers that, as a matter of prudence, Vendors Solicitors, to avoid potential claims for negligence, only should avail of such procedures on the express written instructions of their clients. expected to be able to communicate with senior managers in the local language. Even if one never practices French law, to practice any other law in France will, in any event, require the foreign practitioner to work with members of the French legal profession. Inability to speak the language will severely curtail the prospects of establishing working relationships. Members of the profession in France tend to apply an abstract approach to legal reasoning of which the foreign practitioner will be totally unaware if he does not speak their language. This is due both to the Cartesian logic which is an inherent element of Gallic culture and also the manner Conveyancing Committee Correspondence Continued from page 84

Presentation by Clare Bar Association to Judge Dermot Kinlen Mr. John Shaw, President of the Clare Bar Association presented a portrait by Michael O'Dea, of Ennis, to the Honourable Mr. Justice Dermot Kinlen, to mark his appointment to the bench on behalf of the Clare Bar Association. The picture shows Mr. John Shaw; (4th from the left) presenting the portrait to Judge Kinlen at a ceremony held at the Four Courts, Dublin on Friday 10 February. Also in the picture are (from left): Michael Houlihan, Past President of the Law Society; Michael O'Dea, Artist; Pamela Wall, Secretary of the Clare Law Association; Liz Rackard, wife of the artist and Niall Casey, member of the Law Society Council.

ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Date for Half-Yearly Meet ing The half yearly meeting of the Society will take place on Thursday, 4 May 1995 at 6.30 p.m. at the Law Society, Blackhall Place.

The Annual Conference will take place from 11-14 May. Booking forms must be returned by Friday, 24 Marcb.

in which law is taught and practised in a codified system. As an illustration, contracts in French tend to be much more succinct than those in English with the result that negotiation sessions with monolingual angle-saxon lawyers can degenerate into frustrating marathons and sometimes even break off through lack of understanding on both sides. Hopefully, these personal observations will be of some value to students of the UCG Corporate Law Degree course and perhaps to other readers as well.

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