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be drawn to the provisions of paragraph five of the
Solicitors (Professional Practice Conduct and Discipline)
(Amendment) Regulations 1971 which are as follows :
A solicitor shall not obtain or attempt to obtain
professional business by directly or indirectly without
reasonable justification inviting instructions for such
business or doing or permitting to be done without
reasonable justification anything which by its manner,
frequency, or otherwise advertises his practice as a
solicitor or doing or permitting to be done anything
which may reasonably be regarded as touting and it
shall be the duty of the solicitor to make raasonable
enquiry before accepting instructions for the purpose
of ascertaining whether the acceptance of such
instructions would involve a breach of the under-
taking.
Paragraph six of the Principal Regulations is as follows:
A solicitor shall not hold himself out or allow him-
self to be held out directly or indirectly by name or
otherwise as being prepared to do professional busi-
ness in contentious matters in less than the scale fees
fixed by rules of Court and in non-contentious mat-
ters at less than the scale fees fixed by general orders
under the Solicitors' Remuneration Act 1881 or rules
made under the Registration of Title Act 1891 as
amended in force for the time being or such lower
scales as may be authorised by the Council for any
particular class or classes of work.
In the opinion of the Council the practice indicated by
member is in contravention of these regulations and
instances accompanied by evidence if available should
be brought to the attention of the Society for appro-
priate action under the Solicitors Acts 1954 and 1960.
8th MARCH
.1972
The President in the chair, also present Messrs S. B.
Allen, Walter Beatty, Bruce St. J. Blake, Laurence
Cullen, Gerard M. Doyle, Joseph L. Dundon, Thomas
J. Fitzpatrick, James R. G. Green, Gerald Hickey,
Thomás Jackson, John B. Jermyn, Francis J. Lanigan,
Eunan McCarron, Brendan A. McGrath, Gerald J-
Moloney, Patrick G. Moore, Senator John J. Nash,
John C. O'Carroll, Peter E. O'Connell, Rory O'Connor,
Thomas V. O'Connor, William A. Osborne, David R-
Pigot, Peter D. M. Prentice, Mrs. Moya Quinlan,
Robert McD. Taylor and Ralph J. Walker.
A special meeting of the Council was held to consider
the provisions of the Prices Bill 1971 and the Solicitors
Remuneration General Order 1971 (Disallowance)
Order 1972. After a general discussion it was decided
that a special meeting of representatives of Bar Associ-
ations should be convened for Wednesday, March 15th,
for the submission of a report and to obtain the views
of the Associations.
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