Law Society Finuas Skillnet in association with Monaghan, Cavan, Drogheda and Louth Solicitors’ Bar Associations

Aim and Objectives
The aim and objectives of the day are to provide an opportunity for practitioners to update their knowledge in areas of law relevant to them in their daily work. The aim is to offer practitioners a practical update in relevant areas from experienced practitioners and expert speakers.

Topics and Issues to be covered

• Will and trust drafting – a practical guide to trips and traps
• Recent and pending developments in family law
• Regulation essentials 2019 - Professional indemnity implications for LLPs and partnerships, AML, New regulation and practice developments including financial compliance
• New small practice business supports from the Law Society
• Conveyancing Update - Requisitions on title, contract for sale, practice directions, pitfalls to avoid in practice
• Employment law & practice - legislation and case law developments
• Solicitor participation in Garda station interrogations
• Revenue Sanctions and Enforcement
  • Sheriff’s powers regarding collection of taxes
  • Sheriff’s powers collection of fines
  • civil proceedings
  • judgment and bankruptcy

Chairperson 

• Áine Curran, Partner, O’Mara, Geraghty McCourt, Dublin
• John Elliot, Director of Regulation, Law Society of Ireland
• John Finucane, Partner, Finucane Toner Solicitors, Belfast
• Teri Kelly, Director of Representation and Member Services, Law Society of Ireland
• Seamus Mallon, Revenue Sheriff
• Clodagh O’Brien, Partner, Crowe
• Anne Stephenson, Principal, Stephenson Solicitors, Dublin
• Patrick Sweetman, Consultant, Matheson, Dublin
• Brendan Twomey, Revenue Sheriff 
• Keith Walsh, Principal, Keith Walsh Solicitors, Dublin

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