The Gazette 1996

GAZETTE

OCTOBER 1996

An Evening wi th Our Lady's Choral Society

T h e c o u rt will g r a nt t he o r d e r in c e r t a in t e r m s a n d it s h o u ld t h en b e s e r v ed p e r s o n a l ly o n t h o se n a m e d t h e r e i n. S u b s t i t u t ed s e r v i ce m a y b e n e c e s s a r y, o r e v e n s e r v i ce o u t. S e r v i ce s h o u ld i n c l u de t he a p p r o p r i a te p e n al e n d o r s e m e n t, o t h e r w i se a d e f a u l t i ng r e s p o n d e nt will n ot b e o p e n i mm e d i a t e ly to c o mm i t al p r o c e e d i n g s. It is n ot c l e ar w h a t t i me c o n s t r a i n ts will a p p l y: t h e re s h o u ld b e a l l o w ed at least t w o c l e ar d a y s b e f o re t he h e a r i n g, a l t h o u gh a j u d g e w o u l d u n d o u b t e d ly insist o n a l o n g er p e r i o d. w h e t h e r a n y a n d w h a t d e b ts a re o w i n g t o t he d e b t o r, a n d w h e t h er t he d e b t or h a s a n y a n d w h a t p r o p e r ty or m e a n s of s a t i s f y i ng t he j u d g m e n t o r o r d e r ". It is c l e ar f r o m t he c a s e l aw t h at t he e x a m i n a t i on itself is p e r m i t t ed to b e rigorous - i n d e e d, t he c o u rt will a l l ow t he a p p l i c a nt to c o n d u ct a c r o s s- e x a m i n a t i on of sorts. H o w e v e r, t he q u e s t i o ns m u s t b e p e r t i n e nt a n d p r o p er a n d m u s t b e p ut in a f a ir m a n n e r. A r e f u s al to a n s w e r s u c h q u e s t i o ns will p ut t he r e s p o n d e nt in c o n t e m pt of c o u rt a n d l e a ve h i m o p e n to c o mm i t a l. O n t he i s s ue of p r o d u c t i on of d o c u m e n t s, n o r e f e r e n ce is m a d e to " p o w e r, p o s s e s s i on a n d p r o c u r e m e n t ", as in t he s t a n d a rd d i s c o v e ry p r o c e d u r e, b ut it w o u l d b e u n l i k e ly f o r a j u d g e to o r d e r s u ch p r o d u c t i on w i t h o ut s o m e i n d i c a t i on in t he a p p l i c a t i on of t he r e s p o n d e n t 's ability to c o m p l y. N o r is t h e re a ny r e f e r e n ce to c l a i ms of p r i v i l e ge t h o u gh it m a y b e a s s u m e d t h e y will b e e n t e r t a i n e d. Costs: C o s t s a re g e n e r a l ly in t he d i s c r e t i on of t h e j u d g e . W h e r e t he e x e r c i se p r o v es f u t i l e, t h ey m a y n ot b e a l l o w e d, b ut this will n ot b e a p p a r e nt e x c e pt in t h e c a s e w h e r e i n f o r m a t i on g i v en o n e x a m i n a t i on c o u ld n ot c o n c e i v a b ly b e of a s s i s t a n ce in e n f o r c i ng t he j u d g m e n t. T h e a p p l i c a nt is liable f o r t he e x p e n s es of t h o se a t t e n d i n g. It m i g h t b e b e st a d v i c e to p r o v i de f o r t h e se in t he f o r m o f a v i a t i c um u p o n s e r v i ce of t he o r d e r. • Hearing: T h e e x a m i n a t i on shall b e " a s to

W h a t an e v e n i ng w a s h ad by all w h o a t t e n d ed the S o l i c i t o r s' B e n e v o l e nt A s s o c i a t i on f u n d r a i s er on 1 O c t o b e r. P r e s e nt w e r e 120 m e m b e r s of the c h o ir ( s o p r a n o s, altos, t e n o rs a nd b a s e s ), an e n s e m b le of six mu s i c i a ns led by A l an Sm a l e, the v i v a c i o us J o an Me r r i g an a nd M a e s t ro c o n d u c t or a n d p r e s e n t er P r i o n n s i as O ' D u i n n - all g a t h e r ed tightly o n the p l a t f o rm in t he P r e s i d e n t s' Hall at B l a c k h a ll P l a c e, f r o n t i ng a p a c k ed a u d i e n c e. T h e r e p e r t o i re w a s w i d e - r a n g i n g, m i x i ng the h i g h - b r ow w i th t he l o w e r - b r o w. T h e e v e n i ng o p e n ed w i th J o a n ' s r e n d i t i on of " W i t h a S o n g in M y H e a r t" a n d c o n c l u d ed w i th h er " H e ' s g ot t he W h o l e W o r l d in H i s H a n d s ". In b e t w e e n, f r o m the c h o ir c a m e b e a u t i f ul p r e s e n t a t i o ns of s u ch mu s i c al d e l i g h ts as " L et All the A n g e ls of G o d W o r s h ip H i m " ( H a n d e l ), C o u t i q ue d e J e an R a c i ne ( F a u r e) a nd ( s u r p r i s i n g l y !) " S i ng a S o n g of S i x p e n c e" ( D i a c k ), a nd f r o m the e n s e m b l e, a s t u n n i ng v e r s i on of B o c c h e r i n i 's M i n u e t. T h e full r e p e r t o i re is set o ut b e l o w. Particularly e n t e r t a i n i ng w a s the c h o i r 's a d a p t ed v e r s i on of the A s c ot G a v o t te f r o m " M y Fair L a d y " ' t r a n s l a t e d' by Mu s i c al D i r e c t o r, R e v. Pat O ' D o n o g h u e, into the f o l l o w i ng m o r e ' l e g a l' setting of the C e n t r al C r i m i n al C o u r t: The Court Gavotte E v e ry clerk a nd w ig a nd silk is h e r e, E v e r y o ne w h o s h o u ld b e h e re is here, W h a t a s m a s h i n g, p o s i t i v e ly d a s h i ng sitting of the C e n t r al C r i m i n al C o u r t. In the cells are all the p r i s o n e rs wa i t i ng F o r the c u e to j o i n t he sport W h a t a g r i p p i n g, a b s o l u t e ly r i p p i ng sitting of the C e n t r al C r i m i n al C o u rt

W h a t a f r e n z i ed m o m e n t that w a s, I s n 't he a j o l ly d e c e nt sort, I t 's a thrilling, a b s o l u t e ly chilling sitting of the C e n t r al C r i m i n al C o u r t.

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T h i s d e l e c t a b le mu s i c al e v e n i ng c o n c l u d ed w i th p r o p o s a ls of t h a n ks f r o m A n d y Sm i t h, P r e s i d e nt of the S o c i e t y, a n d T o m M e n t o n, P r e s i d e nt of t he S o l i c i t o rs B e n e v o l e nt A s s o c i a t i on to t he p e r f o r m e rs a n d to the m a n y g e n e r o us solicitors w h o p u r c h a s ed tickets.

H e a r t b e a ts s p e ed u p! I h a v e n e v er b e en so k e y ed u p!

A n y s e c o nd n o w ! J u d g e h e will a w a k e, H a r k ! t he s n o r i n g 's s t o p p e d, t he e y e s are o p e n i ng at last ( G a v el s o u n ds t w i ce - J u d g e says,

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