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Vol. VI, No. 10.]
April, 1913.
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L AMONGST MEMBERS.
Meetings of the Council.
March 12th.
Solicitors (Ireland) Act.
A LETTER was read from a country member
giving a report of proceedings against a non-
professional person. The proceedings were
instituted at Petty Sessions at the instance
of
the Council under Section 53 of the
Solicitors (Ireland) Act, and the defendant
pleaded guilty, and was ordered to pay a fine
and costs. A full report of the case will be
found in this GAZETTE.
Solicitor's Audience.
A
letter having been received from a
member of the profession asking the opinion
of the Council upon the question whether the
privilege of audience of Solicitors extends to
all matters to which the jurisdiction of the
Court of the Land Commission itself extends,
a report from the Land Act Committee upon
the question was submitted and adopted.
The report of the Committee stated : " that
after careful consideration of the Statutes
' and rules governing the jurisdiction and
procedure of the Land Commission the
Committee are of opinion that Solicitors
' have no right of audience in cases appearing
' in the Court list of the Judge of the Irish
' Land Commission when sitting to dispose
' of business under the Land Purchase Acts,
' and that the Judge has jurisdiction to
' direct what classes of cases should appear
'
in
the
Court
and
Chamber
lists
' respectively."
Debating Society.
A letter from the Apprentices' Debating
Society, making suggestions relative to the
examination system of the Law Society, was
read and referred to the Court of Examiners.
Law Clerks.
Reports from the Court of Examiners upon
applications by two Law Clerks for leave to
be bound under Section 16 were submitted,
and both applications were granted.
A memorial of a law clerk seeking a
modified preliminary examination was con
sidered, and it was resolved that same should
not be opposed.
March 28th.
Bankruptcy Bill.
This Bill, which has been read a second
time in the House of Commons, was sub
mitted.
The Bill, when
introduced last
Session in the House of Lords, contained a
clause which would have enabled a creditor
to present a bankruptcy petition in England
against a Scotch or Irish debtor who within
a year had carried on business in England,
either personally or by means of an agent or
manager, or had been a member of a firm
which carried on business in England by
means of a partner or an agent or manager.
Objection was made to this clause by the
Council
through Mr. Brady, M.P.
The
Council also communicated with the Incor
porated Society of Law Agents in Scotland,
and obtained their co-operation.
In the
result an amendment, suggested by
the
Council, excepting from the operation of the
clause the case of a person domiciled in
Scotland or Ireland, or a firm or partnership
having its principal place of business
in
Scotland or Ireland, has at the instance of