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Vol. IV, No, 3.]
July, 1910.
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L AMONGST MEMBERS.
Meetings of the Council.
June \st.
Admiralty Practice.
THE subject of the increasing practice of
giving security in the English Admiralty
Court in order to have Admiralty actions
which have been commenced
in
Ireland
subsequently tried in London was discussed,
and it was decided to request the Bar Council
to appoint representatives to confer with
representatives of
the Council upon
the
subject with a view to having the trial of
Admiralty cases arising out of Irish Admiralty
proceedings retained in this country.
Parliamentary.
A report from the Parliamentary Com
mittee upon the Great Northern Railway
(Ireland) Bill at present before the House of
Commons was adopted.
It was resolved to
take immediate steps to oppose Clause 29 of
the Bill, which provides that the award of
the Arbitrator of compensation for lands
compulsorily taken by the Company shall be
final and not subject to an appeal, thus
abolishing
the
right
of
traversing
the
Arbitrator's award at Assizes under the
procedure laid down by the Lands Clauses
Act, 1845, and the Irish Railway Acts, 1851
and 1860.
Examination Results.
The report of the Court of Examiners upon
the Preliminary and Final Examinations
results, and upon the awards of medals and
certificates was adopted.
It was resolved
that Candidate No. 6 at the Final Examina
tion, being guilty of a breach of the rules at
the examination, be not permitted to again
present himself for examination till May,
1911.
June ]5th.
Commissioner of National Education.
The congratulations of the Council were
directed to be conveyed to Mr. David M.
Moriarty. Solicitor, of Killarney, upon his
appointment as a Commissioner of National
Education in Ireland.
Register of Changes in Firms of Solicitors.
It was referred to the Gazette Committee
to consider the matter of compiling a register,
to be kept in the Secretary's Office, containing
a record of changes in membership of firms
of Solicitors and of businesses of deceased or
retired Solicitors which have been acquired
by other Solicitors.
Increment Duty.
A letter from the Coleraine Branch of the
Derry and Antrim Solicitors' Association,
asking the opinion of the Council as to the
liability for discharging increment duty as
between vendor and purchaser on closing of
sales, was considered and referred to the
Costs Committee.
Labourers Acts.
A letter was read from a country member
giving particulars of taxation of his costs of