The Gazette 1995

JULY 1995

The Editor, The Law Society Gazette, Law Society, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7.

in law. I am sure you would prefer that I pay the £840.00 that it would cost to send individual acknowledgements to the two charities.

I am greatly honoured and humbled by the truly remarkable response that you and our colleagues made to my appeal. I am happy to carry the goodwill and generosity of the legal profession on the walk. I had intended to respond to every person who contributed individually. Many of you indicated that an acknowledgement was not necessary. I think it important that I do acknowledge in general the very generous response of you my colleagues

I am happy to advise that the total amount I received in sponsorship is £22,000.00.

Dear Editor, On behalf of The National Council for the Blind and The Richmond Brain Research Foundation. I thank you for your very generous response to my request for sponsorship of me to walk 200 kilometres in aid of these two charities.

With sincere renewed thanks to all of you.

Patrick

O'Connor,

Solicitor, Swinford.

Desmond Moran K.M., Sol ici tor - An Apprec iat ion

Desmond Moran, who died on 1 October, 1994, was truly the doyen of the solicitor's profession in Dublin. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1931 and practised until the day of his death in his 86th year. Not merely did he engage in the practice of law as Moran & Ryan (Arran Quay) but he took a keen interest in the development of law and frequently made considered submissions on changes in the law to the Law Reform Commission, to the Law Society and (more recently) to the Lord Mayor's Commission on Crime. His views tended to be what nowadays would be viewed as right wing but they sprang from his personal rock-like sense of integrity and honour. Colleagues and clients alike had total trust in his high standards. A recent example of a strongly held view was that Desmond felt that the Criminal Law was overly protective of a person accused of a crime and he strongly argued for an easing of the burden of proof at present imposed on the prosecution. As Sheriff for the County of Dublin from 1951 to 1978 he had the onerous

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and successively Treasurer and Vice- President of the Irish Association and Regent of the Irish Sub-Priory. To Madeleine, his children and grandchildren must go our sincere sympathy on their great loss, a loss perhaps tempered by the knowledge that he will be remembered with fondness by all who had the honour to know him.

requirements and his impartiality were admired universally. Another of Desmond's civic commitments was to the Defence Forces in which he was a reserve officer since 1930 and was also a longstanding member of the Army Legal Services Club. Desmond became associated with the Order of Malta in 1953 and for the rest of his life served the order with loyalty and devotion. His service included being Vice-Director of its ambulance corps

i. task of running elections in all the Dublin County constituencies. His efficiency, his attention to detail, his strict compliance with statutory

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