The Gazette 1930-33

The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of freland'.

DECEMBER, 1930]

the regret of the meeting at the passing of these members and of sympathy with their rotations. The resolution was passed by the meeting, THE PRESIDENT, in moving the adop– tion of the Report of the Council for the past year, said : I should like to refer to the fact of Mr. Warren's retirement from the Council. Mr. Warren would not allow his name to go forward for the present election, and con– sequently, I regret to say, the new Council during their year of office will not have the benefit of his sound judgment and advice. He has been for twenty-three years a member of the Council, and he is a past President of the Society, and he and I have been colleagues on the Council for twelve years, and I never met a more loyal and helpful one. The Council has had a heavy year of work since my election as President last December, and I feel satisfied that the Council has done a good deal of useful work during my time in the interest of the profession. The fact that the Council have held fifteen meetings since its election, and that forty-six meetings of the Committees of the Council have been held indicates in a small way the amount of work disposed of during the year. Any Solicitor who has not served up to the present upon the Council can scarcely appreciate the amount of work the Council have to perform from time to time, and I personally should like to thank Mr. Wakely and the members of the profession who acted on the Council for the past year for the valuable assistance I received from each and every one of them during my year of office. : Membership of Society. As regards the membership of the Society, you will see from the Report that there are 1,032 practising Solicitors in the Irish Free State, and that only 656 are members of the Society. The membership should be much larger ; I consider that every Solicitor on the Roll should be a member of the Society. I earnestly appeal to any Solicitor on the Roll who is not a member of the Society to join forthwith. Circuit Court Rules. It is very disappointing, through no fault of the Council, that up to the present the

Circuit Court:Rules haveaitit passedthe 1)411; The Rules were'signed'by the Committee.in February last, and laid on the table-of the House in accordance with the Standing Orders, and on the 12th of March, after same were discussed in the Bail, it .was decided that they should not be approved of, pending the issue of the Report of' the Joint Com– mittee appointed to consider what amend– ments (if an}') were required in the Courts of. Justice Acts. I am pleased to say that this Report has been completed, and that within a very short time it is to be discussed.in the' Bail, and it is hoped that early in the. coming year the Rules will be issued, and legislation' introduced to carry into effect such of the recommendations of the Committee as will improve the existing Acts relating to the'' Courts of Justice. I expect that immediately' after legislation is passed dealing with the amendments of the Courts of Justice .Acts, to which I have referred, that there will be a complete set-of hew Rules prepared dealing- generally with High Court proceedings'.;'_".". i-v Police Reports. In the early part of this year it came to the. knowledge of the Council that copies or extracts from police reports in reference to street accidents would -not be furnished by the authorities. The Council having given the matter careful consideration decided that a deputation, consisting of myself and Mr. E. H. Burne, should wait on the Minister for Justice and place before him the. importance of being furnished with the reports ; and after discussing the matter at some considerable length with the Minister, he .stated he would give same due consideration, with the result that a direction has been given that extracts from the reports will be now furnished to any party interested making application for same on payment of a fee of five shillings. This is very satisfactory, and I desire to thank the Minister on behalf of the Council for the courteous manner in which he met the 'deputation and ' for complying with the .request of the Council. Land Commission Costs. :.; ;.;. The question of the taxation of "costs'in Land Commission matters by the Taxing Masters was also under the consideration of the Council. There was some little delay in