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Extended Jurisdiction
of Circuit and District Courts
The scales of costs for the extended jurisdiction under
the Courts Act 1971 submitted to the Department of
Justice for the concurrence of the Minister have not yet
been approved. Members who have been instructed by
clients to institute proceedings for amounts within the
extended jurisdiction have the following alternatives.
(1) To advise the clients to postpone the institution of
proceedings until scales of costs arc in force.
(2) To advise the clients of the costs which will he
payable as between solicitor and client and point out
clearly that the only amounts which will he recoverable
from the defendants if the proceedings are successful
will he the maximum amounts prescribed under the
present rules which will leave the clients at a substan-
tial loss as the result of the failure of the Department
to bring the scales of costs into operation.
Council Dinner
The Annual Dinner of the Council of the Society was
held in the Librarv, Solicitors Buildings, on Thursday,
27th April 1972.
The President, Mr. (VDonovan, received the guests.
The Taoiseach, Mr. Jack Lynch, T.D., was the first
Irish Prime Minister who honoured the Society by
attending this function. Other guests included the
Chief Justice, the President of the High Court, Mr.
Justice Budd, Mr. Justice Fitzgerald, Mr. Justice Hen-
chv, Mr. Justice Murnaghan, Mr. Justice Pringel, Mr.
Justice Criffin, Judge McCivern, Judge O'Malley, the
President of the District Court, Mr. Young (President
of the Incorporated Law Society of Northern Ireland)
and Mr. Sydney Loinas (Secretary, Northern Ireland
Law Society). Twenty-nine members of the Council
attended, and eighty guests were present. The toast of
"Our Guests" was proposed by Mr. William
Osborne,
Vice-President, and responded to by Mr. James Mac-
Mahon, S.C. The toast of "The Society" was proposed
by Mr. Justice Griffin, and reponded to by the President.
Assistant
Examiners
Required
SOLICITORS AND BARRISTERS
The Council of the Society invite applications
from solicitors and barristers to form a panel of
assistant examiners for the Society's examinations
in law and practice. There are twelve papers and
the work will be assigned on a fee basis to mem-
bers of the panel. Applications with date of admis-
sion and professional qualifications should be sent
to : The Secretary,
Incorporated Law Society of Ireland,
Solicitors Buildings,
Four Courts,
Dublin 7.
SAINT LUKE'S
CANCER RESEARCH
FUND
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Gifts or legacies to assist this Fund are
most gratefully received by the Sec-
retary, Liam J. P. Egan, F.H.A. (E), at
"Oakland", Highfield Road, Rathgar,
Dublin 6. Tel. 976491.
This Fund does not employ canvassers
or collectors, and is not associated with
any other body in fund-raising.
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