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GAZETTE
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1979
DUBLIN SOLICITORS' BAR
ASSOCIATION
DUBLIN CIRCUIT COURT
Rumour has it that it has become more difficult of late
to obtain adjournments by consent in the Dublin Circuit
Court! Perhaps regrettably, the Bar Association must
acknowledge a certain complicity in this state of affairs,
having played a modest part in, first, pressing the
President of the Circuit Court to clear off the very con-
siderable arrears which he had inherited and,
subsequently, give such modest assistance as we could in
achieving an improvement.
In the event, the President of the Circuit Court
achieved a miracle and the vast volume of both Criminal
and Civil arrears was eliminated.
The Association felt moved to express to the President
the appreciation of Dublin practitioners of his heroic
efforts on our behalf and was delighted to receive in reply
a very kind letter from the President which, with his
permission, is reproduced below.
An Chiiirt Chuarda
(The Circuit Court)
Na Ceithre Cúirteanna
(Four Cpurts)
Baile AthaCliath 7
(Dublin 7)
Dear Mr. Smyth,
My colleagues and I are very grateful to you and to the
Council of the Dublin Solicitors' Bar Association for your
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55.
Sirena
v
Eda,
supra at footnote 54, para. 8101.
56. Id.
57. Case 192/73,
Van Zuylen Fréres
v
Hag A.G.;
[19741 E.C.R.
731 at 744.
58. Id. (Emphasis added).
59. Case 19/75,
Terrapin Ltd.
v
Terranora Industrie;
[1976] 2
C.M.L.R. 482. See also, e.g., Case 24/67,
Parke Davis
v
Probel
and Others; \
19681 E.C.R. 55; [19681 C.M.L.R. 238.
60.
Terrapin Ltd.
v
Terranova Industrie,
supra at footnote 49, at
506.
61. A uniform system of trade mark law exists in the Benelux
countries.
62. See, e.g..
Van Zuylen Fréres
v
Hag A.G.,
supra at footnote 57.
63. See, e.g., the cases cited in footnote 59.
64. This memorandum was written in the light of earlier work by the
E.E.C. Commission on trade marks. Initiatives on the
harmonization or unification of industrial property law were
taken in 1959. These gave rise in 1964 to a draft Convention for
a European Trade Mark. Further work in the field was suspended
until 1973, when preparation of the latest proposals began.
65. Article 3(H) of the E.E.C. Treaty provides for the approximation
of the laws of the member states to the extent required for the
proper functioning of the common market.
66. This prediction was made by the Controller, Mr. M. J. Quinn, in
his report for 1977. The Office of the Controller has been
represented at several meetings called by the Commission on the
proposals.
very kind letter concerning the elimination of the arrears
in the Dublin Circuit. We appreciate greatly the generous
gesture of The Council in sending us their thanks. We are
pleased that the result of our effort is satisfactory to the
Dublin Solicitors.
My colleagues and I wjsh to thank the Solicitors of
Dublin for their co-operation and help which we received
from them during the past strenuous twelve months. That
co-operation and help were decisive factors in our
success.
Yours sincerely,
Thomas J. Neylon.
CONVEYANCING
NOTE
LAND REGISTRY FOLIOS
Mote from the Dublin Solicitors' Bar Association
To avoid confusion, it is perhaps worth reminding
practitioners that the Land Registry has in the recent
past instigated the practice of including the letter " F " in
the numbers of newly created freehold folios.
The profession has long been familiar with the concept
of the letter "L" designating leasehold folios, so the
recently introduced practice is not, of itself, strange.
What may, however, be misleading to the unwary is
that the Land Registry is not applying the letter " F " to
every freehold folio, both old and new. Instead, the
Registry is using the same numerical range as was already
utilized both for " L" folios and for the former
"undesignated" freehold folios. Thus there are now many
recently created freehold filios designated by the letter
"F", but bearing the same number as the older
"undesignated" folios.
When bespeaking documents or conducting dealings in
the Land Registry it is now essential to ensure, in the case
of freehold folios, that all documentation should include
the letter " F ", if appropriate, and should carefully
avoid
that letter in the case of older folios.
DUBL IN SOL I C I TORS BAR
ASSOC I AT I ON
CAREER PROSPECTS
MEETING
The Association will be holding a meeting for
Apprentices who are about to qualify and recently
qualified Apprentices on Career Prospects on
Wednesday 16 May in Blackhall Place.
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