The Gazette 1996

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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1996

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Criminal Law Committee Seminar in Donegal Rossnowlagh, Co. Donegal on Saturday, 20 April 1996. The topics will include the Misuse of Drugs Acts, advising clients in custody and both the European and the United Nations Conventions on Human Rights. It is expected that practitioners from both sides of the border will attend, so please book early. Application form in the March issue of the Gazette or from Patricia Casey at the Law Society. The Committee intends to hold a seminar in the Sand House Hotel,

expected to be circulated very shortly, for enactment during 1996.

Company Law

Company and Commercial Law Committee

The Irish and London Stock Exchanges finally split in December 1995, enabling legislation by way of the Stock Exchange Act 1995 having been passed earlier in the year. Practitioners should be aware of new Notes on the Listing Rules or "Green Pages", published by the Irish Stock Exchange in December 1995. These notes amend and complement the Listing Rules of the London Stock Exchange for the purposes of companies listed or becoming listed on the Irish Stock Exchange. Copies are available from the Irish Stock Exchange, Anglesea Street, Dublin 2, Telephone 01 677 8808. Legislation to establish an Irish Take- over Panel in the light of the newly independent Irish Stock Exchange is

Revenue Audits of Solicitors Practices At the request of the Council of the Law Society, the Taxation Committee has prepared an article on a step-by- step approach to Revenue Audits of Solicitors Practices. The article deals with issues that give rise to difficulty in the course of an Audit. A copy of the article is available from Eileen Brazil, Secretary of the Taxation Committee. An abbreviated form of the article will appear in the Tax Practice Notes with the March issue of the Gazette. most of them had already, or were about to, celebrate their centenary. If my recollection serves me rightly ten firms contributed to the correspondence, ours being one of them. At that time my daughter, Catherine, who had done her apprenticeship with Messrs. Matheson Ormsby Prentice, and, after qualification, had gone to London to practice with the firm of Messrs. Dodd Tooth and Somerton had joined the firm of Messrs. Rory O'Donnell & Co. of Dublin. Catherine joined this practice in July, 1993, being the fourth generation of this firm, in an unbroken line to do so. Please may I inquire how many firms in Ireland can join us in this tradition. Yours sincerely Taxation Committee

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which you agree and some with which you disagree. The point is that the Committee put a huge amount of work into this report. With your help, it will help the Society to move forward for all our benefit.

Mr Frank Goodman, Chief Executive of the Legal Aid Board The Minister for Equality and Law Reform, Mr Mervyn Taylor, TD has appointed Mr Frank Goodman as Chief Executive of the Legal Aid Board. Mr Goodman who was the Director of the office of the Ombudsman had joined that office as a Senior Investigator in 1985 and was appointed Director in 1990. Previously he had served as an Inspector of Taxes in the Revenue Commissioners. Mr Goodman, from Dublin, was educated in O'Connell Schools and UCD where he obtained a B. Comm. •

Yours sincerely,

Andrew Dillon.

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The Editor Law Society Gazette Blackhall Place Dublin 7

Dear Madam

Just over ten years ago there was a very interesting correspondence in your splendid Gazette about firms that were boasting on being three generations, and

James J. O'Connor Principal & Senior Partner.

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