The Gazette 1973

Council Recommendation—Copy Documents

sometimes finds no copy documents among the original documents submitted for investigation. This causes an amount of unnecessary copying of documents in sub- sequent sales. The Society recommends that the copy documents of title should always be kept with the originals whether they are handed back to the client or lodged in banks or with building societies. This would mean that in subsequent sales the solicitor acting for the vendor would have at his disposal a set of title deeds already copied thus saving a lot of unneces- sary time and expenditure.

It used to be the practice when handing over title deeds for completion to deliver at the same time to the purchaser copies of the documents of title in the vendor's possession. This practice has fallen into disuse to some extent which is a great pity. It is found in dealing with such cases that a tremendous amount of unnecessary copying of documents results by reason of the non production of the copy documents of title which must have been with the title deeds at some stage. In the majority of cases where property has changed hands on numerous occasions down the years one

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

3) 1972, which provide for revised scales of solicitors' charges in the Circuit Court. The Rules, which will come into operation on 1 January 1973, cover the in- creased jurisdiction of the Circuit Court under the Courts Act 1971. Although the Rules made by the Circuit Court Rules Committee are dated 17 November 1972, they were not submitted for the Minister's signature until 18 December 1972. Copies of the new Rules are available from the Government Publications Sale Office or through any bookseller. The price is 12£p plus postage. These Rules, which come into operation on 1 January 1973, provide for revised scales of solicitors' costs in the Circuit Court. The scales of costs set out in Schedule 1 to the Rules replace the scales of solicitors' costs set out in Schedule I to the Cirfcuit Court Rules, 1971 (S.I. No. 41 of 1971). The new scales cover the increased jurisdiction of the Circuit Court under the Courts Act, 1971 (No. 36 of 1971). The new Rules also revoke the Circuit Court Rules (No. 2), 1972 (S.I. No. 189 of 1972) and repeat the provisions contained therein. The Minister for Industry and Commerce has, under section 2 (2) (a) of the Prices (Amendment) Act, 1972, consented to the exercise by the rule-making authority (the Circuit Court Rules Committee with the concurrence of the Minister for Justice) of their statutory powers to deter- mine the costs dealt with in the Rules.

Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1972 S.I. No. 300/1972

(1) In Appendix W, the amounts of costs specified for the several items in Parts I, V, VI, and VII shall be increased by twenty per cent in relation to business done after these Rules have come into operation. (2) These Rules shall be construed together with the Rules of the Superior Courts, and may be cited as the Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1), 1972. Explanatory Note These Rules, which come into operation on 5th December, 1972, provide for an increase in certain costs prescribed in Appendix W (as amended) to the Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 72 of 1962). The costs affected are those specified in Part 1 (Institution of Proceedings, etc.), Part V (Bankruptcy), Part VI (Appeals from Circuit Court) and Part CI I (Fees Pay- able to Commissioners for Oaths). The Minister for Industry and Commerce has, under section 2(2)(a) of the Prices (Amendment) Act, 1972, consented to the exercise by the rule-making authority (the Superior Courts Rules Committee with the concurrence of the Minister for Justice) of their statutory powers to deter- mine the costs dealt with in the Rules. S .I. No. 322/1972 The Circuit Court Rules (No. 3) 1972 On 19 December 1972 the Minister for Justice con- curred in the making of the Circuit Court Rules (No.

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