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Arthur Cox Foundation Reception
The Arthur Cox Foundation and the Incorporated Law
Society of Ireland's non press reception held in the
Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin, at 5 p.m. on 11th December
1972 to launch a new legal textbook,
Irish Cases on the
Law of Evidence,
by Professor J. S. R. Cole of Trinity
College, Dublin. The Cox Foundation and the Incor-
porated Law Society of Ireland are formulating a publi-
cations programme for the benefit of practitioners,
students and others interested in Irish Law.
The Arthur Cox Foundation was set up under the
chairmanship of the Honourable Mr. Justice Kenny to
commemorate the late Arthur Cox, a distinguished
member of the solicitors' profession who—on his retire-
ment—studied for the Priesthood and was ordained. He
died in June 1965 after a car accident while on mis-
sionary work in Zambia.
The Funds of the Foundation, subscribed by his fel-
low legal practioners, chartered accountants and other
bodies are to be used to finance the publication of
books on Irish Law and Professor J. S. R. Cole's work
Irish Cases on the Law of Evidence
is the first of these
series. Another book is in preparation by John Wylie, of
Queen's University, Belfast on Irish Land Law.
The publication of these works is being undertaken in
conjunction with the publications sub-committee of the
Incorporated Law Society of Ireland of which the
chairman is Mr. Walter Beatty.
The attendance at the reception included Mr. James
W. O'Donovan, President of the Incorporated Law
Society of Ireland, representatives from the Law
Society, Professor Heuston from Trinity College and
the publishers, The Mercier Press.
Professor John Sydney Richard Cole
Professor Cole was educated at Cork Grammar
School; Methodist College, Belfast; and Trinity College
Dublin. When studying for the Bar at King's Inns,
Dublin, he was Victoria Prizeman.
He spent some time with the Colonial Education
Service in Mauritius and Nigeria before joining the
Colonial Legal Service which took him to Niieria,
Bahamas. Somaliland, T anganyika and the Sudan. He
retired as Minister for Legal Affairs and Attorney
General, Tanzania. '
In 1966 he was appointed Reid Professor of Criminal
and Constitutional Law and the Law of Evidence at
T.C.D.; six years later he was appointed Senior Lec-
turer in Law.
With W. N. Denison he is the author of
Tanganyika,
its Constitution and Laws,
1964
;
he was also respon-
sble for the
Index Guide to the Laws of the Sudan.
Irish Cases on the Law of Evidence
is published by
the Mercier Press, Cork at £3.50.
The President, Mr. O'Donovan, introduced the book
and Professor Heuston commended it to the legal pro-
fession.
Authentication of Notarial
Documents in the United States
The Society has been informed by the Department of
External Affairs that in some cases Irish solicitors in-
struct their clients in the United States to execute
documents before Notaries Public and then to send or
bring them to the nearest Irish Consul for legalisation
of the Notary's signature and seal. The Consul General
has pointed out that it is not the practice of Irish
Consular Offices in the United States to legalise the
signatures and seals of Notaries Public practising in
the various States of the Union and accordingly an
instruction in the form mentioned sometimes causes
delay and occasionally extra expense when the client
is required to make a journey to one of the Consular
Offices concerned.
The American practice is to require the signature and
seal of a Notary Public practising in the United States
to be authenticated by the certificate of the County
Clerk within whose area the Notary is practising. Only
when this certificate is affixed to the document wit-
nessed by the Notary can it be legalised by an Irish
Consular Officer. It would be a great saving of time
and trouble to the clients of Irish solicitors if they could
be informed of this requirement.
As an alternative to the above arrangement it is
pointed out that Irish Diplomatic and Consular offices
are, under the Commissioners for Oaths (Diploma-
tic and Consular) Acts 1931 authorised to do notarial
acts and that it is accordingly open to any solicitor
desiring to have a document authenticated abroad to
arrange for its direct authentication. Where such officers
are asked to perform such services they are required
under the Commissioners for Oaths (Diplomatic and
Consular) Fees Regulations 1934 to charge the pre-
scribed fees therefor.
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