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Vol. XVII., No. 8.]
February, 1924.
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L AMONGST
MEMBERS
Meetings of the Council.
IQth January.
Twenty-two Members present.
Criminal Injuries Rules.
A letter was read hi reply from Judge
Brown, stating that the memorandum of
the Council in reference to the Schedule
of Costs contained in the Criminal Injuries
Rules of July, 1923, had been considered
by the County Court Judges, and that
amending rules had been made by the Lord
Chief Justice and County Court Judges.
These amending rules appeared in
last
month's Gazette.
Court Officers (Temporary Appointments)
Bill.
This Bill was considered, and at the request
of the Council the President undertook to
interview the Minister of Home Affairs in
reference to it.
Court of Examiners.
Three applications for leave to be bound
under Section 16 of the Solicitors (Ireland)
Act,
1898, were
considered;
two were
granted, and one was refused.
30th January.
Twenty-eight Members present.
Land Purchase Acts Rules.
The President informed the Council that
he had been consulted by
the Judicial
Commissioner in relation to Rules about to
be made under the Land Purchase Acts.
Labourers (Ireland) Acts.
The President informed the Council that
he had been consulted by the Minister for
Local Government, in relation to a Rule
about
to be made under the Labourers
(Ireland) Acts, increasing by fifty per cent,
the scale of Solicitors' costs under those Acts.
Compensation Commission Awards.
The question of. the retention by the
Minister of Finance of the amount of the
costs of decrees awarded by the Compensation
Commission to applicants, in addition to
the retention of the full amount of the
compensation awarded,
towards
the dis
charge of the debts due to the Irish Free
State by applicants, was again considered,
and it was decided to make further repre
sentations in support of the contention that
the amount allowed for costs under these
awards should be paid to the Solicitors
who acted for the applicants and obtained
the decrees.