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Hayes, Geraldine Heffernan, Harry P. Hunt.
Michael G. Irvine, Ciaran Keys, B.A., Francis D.
Lanigan, Cyril J. Lavelle, Charles J. Maguire, Peter
H. Mayne, Stephen Miley, George Mills, B.C.L., David
A. Molony, Raymond G. Moran, Declan Moylan, Alan
D. McCrea, Noel McDonald, Deirdre Nic Fionnlaoic.
Eamonn M. O'Beirne, James P. A. O'Boyle, Eamon
P. O'Brien, Declan P. O'Connor, Patrick J. O'Connor,
Carroll O'Daly, Nancy O'Driscoll, B.C.L., Anne P.
O'Grady, Mary H. O'Meara, B.C.L., Charles F. O'Neill,
B.C.L., Finbar O'Neill, B.G.L., Michael H. O'Neill,
Vincent M. O'Reilly, James R. Osborne, John Joseph
Power, Hilary J. Prentice, John J. Seery, Philip F. Tor-
mey, Michael H. Traynor, Paul D. Traynor, Francis
A. Wall, B.C.L. LL.B.
98 candidates attended; 65 candidates passed.
By order.
Eric A. Plunkett
(Secretary).
Solicitors Buildings,
Four Courts,
Dublin 7.
Medico-Legal Society of Ireland
Officers and Council elected for 1971-72 are as follows :
Patron,
The Chief Justice, The Hon. Cearbhall O
Dalaigh;
President,
Miss A. B. Cassidy, B.L.;
Vice-
Presidents,
The Hon. Mr. Justice Henchy, The Hon.
Mr. Justice Walsh, Professor Maurice Hickey, Dr. H.
Jocelyn Eustace, Dr. F. McLaughlin and Mr. Donough
O'Donovan;
Hon. Treasurer,
Mr. Raymond Downey;
Hon. Secretary,
Miss Thelma King;
Council,
Dr. Des-
mond Eustace, Mr. Denis Greene, Dr. Gilsenan, Pro-
fessor P. Holland, Miss Garmel Killeen, Mr. Matthew
Russell and Dr. R. Towers.
Immediate Past President,
Dr. Brian Woods.
Amendment of Landlord
and Tenant Law
The Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act, 1971,
enacted on 7th December 1971, has been on sale since
June 30th. It is a serious matter that a statute which
affects the rights of the public in such an important way
should not be available to the public and the profession
until more than six months after its date of enactment.
The Society has made repeated representations to the
Department of Justice and to the Stationery Office that
the publication of statutes should not be held up until
the Irish version is available. The cause of delay in the
present instance is that the Act as already passed and
printed in its English only version was not available on
statute form until the Irish translation had been pre-
pared.
Sporting leases
These are dealt with under Sections 2 to 5 of the
Act. A sporting lease is one which is held by a sports
club complying with the conditions in Section 2 in-
cluding inter alia the expenditure of money on the
building of land. The time limits for an application
are specified in Section 3 of the Act.
Fixing of rent of a sporting lease
Section 6 provides that a fair rent is to be determined
by the Court which shall have regard to the general
intention of the Act in regard to sports clubs which is
the advancement of outdoor sports, games, recreations
and the preservation of open spaces for the common
good. The Court may take into account the rent or
other sum previously paid for the property by the sports
club and any covenants or conditions under which it
was so paid and to the rent paid by other sports clubs
in the same or comparable locality. The Landlord and
Tenant (Reversionary Leases) Act, 1958, is to apply as
if the term "reversionary lease" in the 1958 Act included
a sporting lease.
Leases deemed to be building leases
This is dealt with by Section 8 of the Act which
applies to a lease granted in renewal of a lease which
expired or was surrendered before 31st March 1931 and
which if the 1958 Act were then in force would have
been a building lease or proprietary lease. Subject to
certain conditions such renewed or renewal lease is to
be deemed to be a building lease within the meaning of
the Act of 1958 and Section 10 of the 1958 Act is
repealed.
Important provision as to rights of lessees under certain
expired leases
Section 9 provides that where a lease expired within
eight years before the passing of the Act and the lessee
at that date is in possession of the land under a yearly
tenancy or under a statutory tenancy or tenancy at
will without having obtained a new tenancy from the
lessor and no person was immediately before the passing
of the Act entitled to be granted a reversionary lease
the lessee shall
during twelve months immediately after
the passing of the Act
(7th December 1971) have the
same rights in relation to obtaining a reversionary lease
as he would have had within fifteen years before the
expiration of the expired lease if the 1971 Act had then
been in force. Members are reminded that the rights of
a tenant under this Section will expire on 6th December
1972.
Assignment of leasehold interest
Section 10 remedies an error which crept into Section
10 of the Rent Restrictions (Amendment) Act, 1967,
which imposed a restriction on the assignment of con-
trolled dwellings without the consent of the lessor. The
restriction is deemed never to have applied to a house
which is occupied for the purposes of his own residence
by a person who holds it under a lease for a term of
more than twenty-one years.
The foregoing is a necessarily incomplete summary of
the provisions of the Act which will repay careful
perusal by all members.
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