The Gazette 1973

CORRESPONDENCE Proposed Allied Irish Banks Scholarship at Law Society Allied Irish Banks Limited (Legal Dept.), 3-4 Foster Place, Dublin 2, 24 January 1973. E. A. Plunkett, Esq. (Secretary). Dear Mr. Plunkett, Receipt is acknowledged of your letter of the 23rd instant enclosing the text of a short notice which you propose to publish in the Society's Gazette. I note from the text that it is now proposed to award the prize on the results of the paper on Company Law in the Final Examination. In your letter of 24 November last you intimated that it would be on the Company Law paper in the Second Lw Examination. I would also mention that there is a typographical error in line three, the word "by" immediately after the word "accept" should read "with". Yours sincerely, E. Rory O'Connor. I am directed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs to refer to your letter of 25 January 1973 concerning the establisment of a depository library for material relat- ing to the European Communities. I am to inform you that the National Library has now been designated a depository library and will receie all the publications of the institutions of the Communities. The library has already begun to receive this documentation and its facilities are, of course, aailable to the general public. It is noted that the Society has applied for designation as a European Documentation Centre. The Minister is of opinion that, if the legal profession requires additional documentation facilities, it is for the profession itself to arrange this. Yours faithfully, H. McCann (Secretary). Department of Foreign Affairs. 7 February 1973. E. A. Plunkett, Esq. (Secretary). Dear Sir,

10 January 1973.

The Secretary, Department of Justice,

Dublin 2. Dear Sir,

I enclose copy of a letter received by the Society from Guest Lane Williams & Co., Solicitors, Cork, and I shall be obliged if you can supply any information on this subject. Yours faithfully, Eric A. Plunkett (Secretary).

Department of Justice, 72-76 St. Stephen's Green. 26 January 1973

E. A. Plunkett, Esq. (Secretary). Dear Sir,

I am directed by the Minister for Justice to refer to your letter (EAP. L/55/73) of 10 January 1973 with a copy of a letter from Messrs Guest Lane Williams & Company, Solicitors, Bank of Ireland Chambers, 32-24 South Mall, Cork, regarding proposd landlord and tenant legislation with particular reference to the revision of rents every seven years in certain leases. The Landlord and Tenant Commission, in their Report entitled "Report on Occupational Tenancies under the Landlord and Tenant Act, 1931" (Pr. No. 9685), have recommended (para. 269) that a tenancy that is renewed under Part III of the Landlord and Tenant Act, 1931, should contain provision for a review of the rent at the end of every seventh year of the renewed tenancy on the application of either the land- lord or the tenant. A comprehensive landlord and tenant Bill, which will include proposals arising out of the recommendations of the Commission, is at an ad- vanced stage of preparation. It would not, however, be possible to indicate a date for the circulation and publi- cation of this Bill. Yours faithfully, R. B. Toal. Dear Mr. Plunkett, Just recently I completed the purchase of a new house by way of lease to be registered as a burden on the lessors freehold folio (the lease contained a consent to the lease being registered as a burden) and made the usual searches in the Judgments, Bankruptcy and Sher- iffs offices and in the Registry of Deeds, Land Registry and Companies Office which were all clear. We also got a letter from the lessors solicitors consenting to the use of the land certificate for the purpose of the registration. When I lodged my client's lease to be retgstered the Land Registry refused to accept the lease for registra- tion as there was a letter attached to the Land Certi- ficate from a city firm of solicitors acting for a mort- gagee (by equitable deposit) who had lodged the Land Certificate for the purpose of registering any leases but stipulating that any lease or other dealing was not to 72 22 February 1973

Guest Lane, Williams & Co., 32-34 South Mall, Cork.

1 January 1973. E. A. Plunkett, Esq. (Secretary). Dear Sir,

We understand that for some time past the Depart- ment has been considering a Bill to amend the Landlord and Tenant Act with particular reference to revision of rents every seven years in twenty-one year leases if and when the Bill will become law. We shall be very glad to hear from you with any information which may be available to you regarding the proposed Bill and whether the proposals are likely to come into operation soon. Yours faithfully, Guest, Lane, Williams & Co., Solicitors, Cork.