Notice of short meeting and CPD cert for next Friday

Dear Colleagues

As you are aware, we are holding a CPD next Friday and we are going to have a short meeting in Galway Courthouse at 2pm sharp in advance of the CPD to discuss the formation of a support panel, etc given recent tragic events. the CPD seminar will commence immediately after the meeting and please click here for the CPD certificate certificate-of-participation-7th-october-2016

Friday 7th October 2016 – 3 hours General

•     Assisted Decision Making Act 2015 –  Mary Condell, Solicitor – Advocacy for Older People- Sage

Friday 21st October – 3 hours (Management, Regulatory & General – exact composition to be confirmed)

• John Elliott, Registrar of Solicitors
• John Glynn, former President DSBA & Council Member
• Full list of speakers and topics to be furnished shortly.

Friday 28th October 2016 – Outsource Annual Conference  (3hrs management & 1hr)

• This is the annual seminar organised in conjunction with Outsource – reduced fee for GSBA members. For further details, please check our website, or the current Gazette or call 01 6788490.

Friday 18^th November 2016 – 3 Hours General

•    Developments in Judicial Review – Shane Caulfield BL
•  Recent Developments on the Law relating to Stress, Bullying & Harassment at Work –  Shane MacSweeney, Solicitor
• Pre-Action Protocol for clinical negligence disputes under the The Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 – Patricia McLoughlin Solicitor

Friday 25^th November 2016 – 2 Hours General – co-hosted by the Irish Centre for European Law

• Marguerite Angelari, attorney, Open Society Justice Initiative – The debtor as a consumer, an overview of the key provisions of the UCTD and relevant case law

• Dr Padraic Kenna, NUI Galway –The key role of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in debt cases

• Gary Fitzgerald BL, Director of the ICEL – Getting to the European courts, the role of the preliminary reference procedure in debt litigation

• Madeleine Thornton, solicitor– Putting this into practice – applying EU law to the mortgage contract

This is a free seminar but registration is essential.  To register see www.icel.ie/conferences, email icel@tcd.ie or call (01) 896 1845

We would be obliged if you could send in your subscription of €50 to allow us to provide the maximum possible number of CPD events during the year. You can send payment to either James Seymour at Berwick Solicitors, 16 Eyre Square, Galway or to Cairbre O’Donnell at John C.O’Donnell & Son, Solicitors, Mary Street, Galway

Regards

James Seymour, President GSBA