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The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
[JANUARY, 1913
For all proceedings from the drawing of the
Civil Bill to the Final Order of the Court.
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Exceeds £50—An additional sum of £1 for
every £50 or fractional part of £50
above the first £50.
Where Counsel is employed.
Instructions for Counsel's brief
and attending Counsel where the
expenses recovered in the case of
plaintiff's Solicitor or applied for
in the case of defendant's Solicitor—
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SCHEDULE II.
The fees allowable for service under this
Act shall be the fees for the service of
processes prescribed by Section 18 of 14 and
15 Vie., Ch. 57.
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1906.
THE following has appeared in the Parlia
mentary papers :—
/
Q.
Sir Samuel Scott.
—To ask the Chief
Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,
if he will state how many applications have
been made for the Attorney-General's fiat for
prosecutions in Ireland under The Prevention
of Corruption Act, 1906 :
and on how many
occasions permission to bring proceedings has
been refused.
[20th December,
1912.]
A.
Sir Rufus Isaacs.—
There have been 80
applications. On 12 occasions the fiat has
been refused.
[30th December,
1912.]
Recent Decisions affecting Solicitors.
(Notes of decisions, whether in reported or
unreported cases, of interest to Solicitors,
are invited from Members.)
BRIGHTON COUNTY COURT.
(Before His Honour Judge Mackarness).
WILKINS
v.
NEALOR AND WIFE.
Oct. 25, 1912.—
Solicitor and Client—Costs—
Retainer—Instructions from Husband for
Wife—Bill delivered—Offer to take lump
sum.
THERE is no statutory definition of the term
" bill of costs " in the Solicitors Remunera
tion Acts, and, giving the words their natural
meaning, they must mean a bill so stated
with items specified as to be capable of
taxation. A written offer (not accepted) to
take a lump sum in settlement of a liability
for costs does not amount to a bill delivered,
but it may be used as evidence for considera
tion by the Taxing Master that the amount
subsequently claimed on an
item bill
is
excessive.
This was an action by a Solicitor to
recover £28 19s. 3d., the amount of two bills
of costs for professional services rendered to
Capt. and Mrs. Nealor in connection with an
arbitration case which took place in April
between Mrs. Nealor and the Norwich Union
Insurance Co. Mrs. Nealor was claiming,
under a policy against burglary, for the loss
of a ring of hers said to have been stolen by
a waiter at Eastbourne, and the question for
the arbitrator was whether under the policy
the
Insurance
Co.
were
liable.
The
arbitrator's award was in favour of the Com
pany, and the present claim was for the costs
incurred by Mrs. Nealor on the arbitration,
and also in an action subsequently brought
by the Company against her to recover the
costs of the arbitration. Capt. Nealor denied
that he had ever retained the Solicitors, and
Mrs. Nealor raised a similar defence as to one
of the bills, and she relied also on a proposal
made by the Solicitors to fix their costs at
£10 as a bill delivered for that amount.