20 / 70
THE GAZETTE
OF THE
jnwrpratrd
of Jitlani
Vol. XIII, No. 3.]
July, 1919.
T FOR CIRCULATION
LAMONGST MEMBERS.
Meetings of the Council.
llth JUNE. Twenty-five members present.
Sir HENRY A. WYNNE.—It was resolved that
the congratulations of the Council be conveyed
to Mr. Henry A. Wynne, Chief Crown Solicitor,
on the honour of knighthood having been con
ferred upon him.
EXAMINATION RESULTS.—The report of the
Court of Examiners upon the results of the May
Preliminary and Final Examinations was sub
mitted and adopted.
25th JUNE. Twenty-five members present.
PROFESSORSHIP
OF
COMMON
LAW.—The
Council elected Lieut. Peter C. Furlong, M.C.,
Solicitor, to the Professorship of Common Law,
in succession to Mr. F. S. D. de V. White,
'Solicitor, whose term of office expires this Sittings.
COUNTY
COURT RULES.—The provisional
'County Court Rules, dated 6th June, 1919,
under Section 5 of
the Local Government
(Ireland) Act, 1898, and Section 1
(5) of the
•Criminal
Injuries
(Ireland) Act, 1919, were
:referred for consideration to the County Courts
Committee.
——
Obituary.
Mr. William J. Fegan, Solicitor, died upon
14th June, at his residence, 9 Farnham Street,
Cavan.
Mr. Fegan served his apprenticeship with
the late Sir John H. Franks, 84 Merrion Square,
Dublin ;
was admitted in Michaelmas Sittings,
1888, and practised at Cavan.
Mr. William E. O'Rorke, Solicitor, died
upon 20th June, 1919, at his residence, Kinallen,
Belfast.
Mr. O'Rorke was called to the Irish Bar in
Michaelmas Sittings, 1886, and was admitted a
Solicitor in Hilary Sittings, 1902, under the
provisions of Section 29 of
the Solicitors'
(Ireland) Act, 1898, and practised in Belfast.
Mr. Joseph J. Farrell, Solicitor, died on 25th
June, 1919, at his residence, 112 West Street,
Drogheda.
Mr. Farrell served his apprenticeship with
the late Mr. John T. Simpson, of Drogheda,
was admitted in Easter Sittings, 1895, and
practised at Drogheda.
Honors.
Mr. Henry A. Wynne, Chief Crown Solicitor
for Ireland, has received the honour of Knight
hood.
Lieut. H. C. Gordon McCormick, R.A.S.C.,
Solicitor, Sligo, has been awarded the honour of
M.B.E. (Military Division).
County Court Rules.
The following Rules under the provisions
of the County Officers and Courts (Ireland)
Act, 1877, were upon the 28th May, 1919, made
in lieu of and substituted for the previously
existing Rule 6 of Order VIII, and Rule 2 of
Order XVI.
ORDER VIII, RULE 6.
The Clerk of the Peace shall enter on record
in his book the name of only one Solicitor or
firm of Solicitors, as Solicitor or Solicitors for
the Plaintiff or for any Defendant ;
and in the
case of a firm of Solicitors not more than one
member of such firm shall appear or take part
in the conduct of any one case.
ORDER XVI., RULE 2.
In the case of
sickness or unavoidable
absence of the Solicitor or any member of a firm
of Solicitors" on record for any party, another
Solicitor, being a Solicitor usually practising in
the particular Court, may, by leave of the
Court, appear and conduct the case on behalf
of such Solicitor or firm of Solicitors on record.