The Gazette 1940-44

February, 1943]

The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland

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The report of the sub-committee was adopted and it was ordered that the draft bill as finally amended be reprinted. The President, Vice-Presidents, and Messrs Overend, Mayne, O'Dea, 6 hUadhaigh and Cox were appointed as a Committee to consider further arrange ments. « OBITUARY. MR. EDWARD H. BURNE, Solicitor, died on 20th January, 1943, at his residence, 20 Waterloo Road, Dublin, aged 62. The late Mr. Burne served his apprentice ship to Mr. Arthur H. Burne, of Dublin, and was admitted in Michaelmas Sittings, 1903. He joined the firm of Gerald Byrne and Company with which he practised until his death. At the time of his death he was a member of the Council of the Society to which he was elected in 1916. He became President of the Society in 1928-29. For many years his counsel and advice on all matters affecting the profession and his sound commonsense in matters of business were unreservedly at the service of his colleagues and were highly valued by them. An outstanding advocate with wide exper ience of both the former and the present systems, his services were in demand both in the former Petty Sessions and in the District Courts. He was the author of the standard work published on the rules and practice of the District Court. He was the representa tive of the Society on the Rule-making Committee. Outside his strictly professional activities, the late Mr. Burne was keenly interested in the work of many'public and private charities, including the Solicitors' Benevolent Associa tion, of which he was Deputy Chairman. His presence in the Courts and in the Council chamber will be sadly missed by his colleagues in the profession to which he gave many years of faithful service. At the Meeting of the Council, on February 4th, a resolution was passed expressing sym pathy with his widow and family. The Council was represented at the funeral by Mr. John B. Hamill, President; Mr. John S. O'Connor, Vice-President; Messrs G. Acheson Overend, \V. J. Norman, P. R. Boyd, P. F. O'Reilly, H. P. Mayne and E. A. Plunkett, Secretary.

MR. FRANCIS C. PILKINGTON, -.Solicitor, died in Dublin on 25th January, 1943. The late Mr. Pilkington served his appren ticeship with the late Mr. Frederick G. Kerin, of Ennis. He was admitted in Trinity Sittings, 1901, and practised as the senior partner of the firm of McMahon and Tweedy/13 Hume Street, Dublin, until his death. : SOLICITORS' BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. Incorporated Law Society Centenary Annuity. An Election will be held in March for this Annuity of £52. Annual Members of the Association will not be entitled,, to vote unless their subscriptions for 1943^3X6 paid. Members and intending Members should therefore, without delay, send tjieir sub scriptions, -£1 Is. Od., or, if admitted less than three years, 10s. 6d., to the Secretary, 22, Nassau Street, Dublin. CURRENT TOPICS. - Effect of Adjudication of Bankruptcy in England. The decision of the Supreme Court in the case of in re Reilly, a bankrupt in England (1942 I.R. 416), .seriously affects purchasers of land and Solicitors acting for them. Briefly the effect of the decision of the Court appears to be that an adjudication in England of bankruptcy against the owner of unregistered land in Eire vests the legal estate in such land forthwith in the English Trustee, without the necessity of an Order of the Irish Court or of any registration in the bankruptcy office here or in the Registry of Deeds. As regards registered lands the opinion of the Court was equally divided. Unless special legislation is enacted it would appear that a purchaser of unregistered land will not be safe in paying over the purchase money without first instituting searches against the Vendor in the various bankruptcy offices in England and V.'ales. As regards registered land, the legal position is uncertain, two judges of the Supreme Court (Sullivan, C. J., and O'Byrne, J.), having held that the mere fact of adjudication of bankruptcy