The Gazette 1996

GAZETTE

JUNE 1996

interpretation and application of the law. Updated samples of the forms required to initiate claims and appeals under the legislation are provided. The author provides expert commentary and analysis on an important and c omp l ex area of law. This book will be of i mme n se benefit to practitioners.

or in partnership. While it is written for England and Wa l e s, most of the chapters are equally applicable to any jurisdiction. It covers all topics of concern to solicitors when setting-up - location, finance, attracting clients, computers, risk management, d e v e l o p i ng the business etc. The book takes a very pragmatic approach to issues and, while many of the issues will be very o b v i o us to solicitors at the setting-up stage, the author provides a framework to think through these issues and look at the pros and cons. The book is well written and an easy read and should be the starting point for any solicitors thinking of setting-up in practice.

Notice Breast Implant Litigation in the US Irish litigation solicitors will probably be aware that there is current litigation in the US against D ow Corning Corporation and Others arising out of the onset of breast cancer allegedly resulting from silicone gel breast implants. Would any solicitors with Irish based clients contemplating such litigation please contact Patrick Whelan & Company, Solicitors, 11 Clare Street, Dublin 2. (Tel: (01) 6 6 13 661, to consider the formation of an association of such clients with a view to instituting a class action or combined suit in the US against the manufacturers of the silicone gel implants. The ultimate objective would be for such an association of clients giving c ommon instructions to a firm of American lawyers, with the specific details relating to each individual client coming from each individual Irish solicitor concerned.

Dr Eamonn G Hall

Setting-up and Managing a Small Practice

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Available from the Law S o c i e ty Shop, 2 2 7 Strand, London WC R2 IB A, T e l e p h o ne - 0 0 4 4 171 2 42 1222. This book is specifically for solicitors setting-up practice for the first time either as a sole practitioner

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