The Gazette 1995

GAZETTE

NOVEMBER 1995

Diploma in Property Tax for Solicitors

As part of its continuing Legal Education Programme, the Law Society, in response to a growing need in the legal profession, instituted the Diploma in Property Tax Course in October 1992. This was the first comprehensive post- qualification diploma course which has been set up to date. We are happy to report that the course has been extremely successful. Participating solicitors have found that it has greatly enhanced their confidence and competence in dealing with the myriad of tax implications on property transactions. To date we have run five courses and a total of 125 solicitors have received diplomas. The most recent awards ceremony took place in the Law Society on the 8 September, when the Chairman of the Education Committee, I Pat O'Connor presented diplomas to 32 I solicitors mainly from the Munster and Dublin regions. A most encouraging development has been the delivery of this diploma course both in Cork City and in Limerick University. The Education Committee education programmes both in the Law Society and in the provinces. We are currently planning to run the course in the Sligo/Mayo region to commence before the end of this year. The Society is particularly indebted to Brian Bohan, Solicitor and member of the Taxation Committee, for his foresight and expertise in the development of this diploma course The other consultants are Ray Shanahan of J.W. Donovan & Co., Cork, Paraic Madigan, Matheson Ormsby Prentice, as well as our accountancy colleagues David Smyth, Paula Oliver and Terry Oliver. remains committed to the need to provide relevant continuing legal Ernst and Young sponsor a very generous first prize of £500 for the | solicitor who achieves the best overall i mark on each Diploma Course. Brian

First prize winners

in the Diploma

in Property

Tax Course

were Michael

Noonan

(Limerick

class) and Finola O'Hanlon

(Dublin class). They were presented

with

their

prizes by Brian Bohan, Solicitor and member of the Taxation Committee. Also

pictured

is Pat O'Connor,

Chairman,

Education

Committee,

Law

Society.

21. Shaun Elder 22. Sara Horan 23. Mary Murphy 24. Helen O'Reilly

Bohan presented these prizes to Michael Noonan, Rathkeale, Co. Limerick and Finola O'Hanlon, Law School tutor at the recent awards ceremony. ! The following solicitors were awarded ' Diplomas: • Limerick Class j 1. Michael Noonan (First Place)

Dublin Class 1. Finola O 'Hanlon (First Place) 2. Patrick Callanan 3. David Costello 4. Deirdre Curtis 5. Peter Dineen 6. Anne Kelly 7. PatrickLarkin 8. Grace McFadden 9. Laura McGinley 10. Norah O 'Mahony 11. David Rafferty 12. Mark Ronayne 13. DavidWaters 14. Dermot Coyne 15. Patrick Drumgoole 16. Declan Lawlor 17. Philip Joyce 18. John Lynch 19. Catherine MacGinley 20. Joseph Morrin 21. Mark Murphy 22. Patricia Rickard-Clarke

j 2. George Bruen j 3. Suzanne Bugler 4. Catriona Carmody 5. Ursula Condon 6. John Cooke 7. Aidan Crowley 8. Philip Culhane 9. Isabel Donnellan I 10. William Donovan 11. Conor Glendon 12. Patrick McDermott 13. Rosemary Moore ! 14. Paul Morris 15. Stephen Noonan 16. Siobhan O'Neill j 1 7. Marguerite Philips

18. Michael Sherry 19. ElizabethWalsh 20. Mary Cashin

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