Covid 19 Update
October 21, 2020
Playing our part in the national battle against Covid 19 the offices of Behan & Associates will close this evening October 21st until the country moves from Level 5 on December 1st. The Behan’s team will continue to provide our usual full professional Legal Costs Accountancy service to our clients with all being fully set up for remote working. We will still be in a position to accept files via DX 207 and indeed, by prior arrangement, at the offices as we will have a physical presence on occasions. We extend our best wishes to all during the challenging weeks ahead.
Anthony (Tony) Behan, our founding father and the first President of the Institute of Legal Costs Accountants, passed away peacefully at his home in Dublin today(26/02021) after a long illness, bravely fought. Tony was one of the founding fathers of the profession, having practised as Anthony P. Behan & Co., from Dame Street, from the early 1950’s and then from premises from the early 1970’s on Arran Quay, beside the old Maguire &Patterson premises. Tony went into partnership with Peter Fitzpatrick, practising as Anthony P. Behan, Fitzpatrick & Co., in the early 1980’s and subsequently was a Consultant with Behan & Associates until his retirement from the profession in the mid1990’s. He was one of the founders of the original Association of Legal Costs Accountants, that Association subsequently morphed into the Institute of Legal Costs Accountants and he was the first President and remained in that capacity for along number of years. Tony was also a renowned Historian with the Old Dublin Society and was well known in Dublin historical circles for giving historical lectures and leading historical walks around Dublin City. Tony will be sadly missed by the profession and will be fondly remembered by his colleagues in Behan & Associates, the Legal Costs Accountancy world and the legal profession generally.
Calcutta Run, the legal fundraiser, was launched at Walkers Solicitors at Dublin’s IFSC yesterday (March 6th). The event was launched by the President of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland Mr. Patrick Dorgan and Mr. Ken Murphy, the Director General of the Law Society and Dragon Gavin Duffy. Behan & Associates who are a proud sponsor of the Calcutta Run 2019 were represented at the launch by both Noel Guiden and Shane Galligan. 2019 is the 21st annual running of the Calcutta Run and during the course of those 21 years an extraordinary €4m has been raised by the legal profession to help homeless people in Ireland, through the Peter McVerry Trust and in Calcutta through the Hope Foundation. Some 1,300 people took part in the 2018 version of the event with the run itself being a race/fun run over both 5k and 10k and in addition, two years ago, a Calcutta Cycle was added with routes over 50km and 100km. The 2019 Calcutta Run takes place on Saturday May 18th from the Law Society’s offices on Blackhall Place in Dublin. The starting field this year will include many members of the Behan & Associates team. We will encourage all our clients to become involved in the Calcutta Run to help raise much needed funds for these most worthy homeless charities.
