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Vol. I, No. 3.]
July, 1907.
I" FOR CIRCULATION
LAMONQST MEMBERS.
Meetings of the Council.
THE Council met on Wednesday, the sth of
June ;
the President (Mr. W. S. Hayes) in the
chair, and twenty-three other members were
present.
A suggestion from a member as to obtaining
an additional book on Registration of Title
for the Library was referred
to the Library
Committee.
A report from the Court of Examiners giving
results of May Preliminary and Final Examina
tions was submitted and adopted.
A further report from the Court of Examiners
drawing the attention of the Council to the
answers sent in by Candidate No. 14, at the
Final Examination, to papers in Chancery and
Lunacy Practice, Land Judge and Land Com
mission Practice, and Bankruptcy Practice, was
considered ; and the Council resolved that, on
account of the impropriety of the answers, the
Candidate should not be again permitted to
present himself for Final Examination before
May, 1908.
A further report from the Court of Ex
aminers, making the following recommenda
tions, was considered and adopted :—(i) That
the Council should alter Regulation No. 29 of
the Regulations under the Solicitors (Ireland)
Act, 1898,- so as to provide that at, and after,
the Final Examination to be held in January,
1908, Candidates should be permitted to take
either Bankruptcy or Criminal Law as an
optional subject; the subject of Book-keeping
being made compulsory at the Final Examina
tion in and after January, 1908.
(2) That
there should be no alteration in the allocation
of marks for the subjects at the Final Exami
nation, as there would be no addition to the
number of such subjects consequent upon the
alteration in Rule No. 29.
(3) That the appli
cation of an apprentice to be deemed to have
been a clerk within the terms of section 16
of the Solicitors (Ireland) Act, 1898, at the
time of his entering into his
indentures,
should be granted.
A letter from the Honorary Secretary, Dublin
Chamber of Commerce, was read, enclosing
the terms of reference
to the Bankruptcy
Law Amendment Committee appointed by the
President of the Board of Trade to consider
the laws at present in force in the United
Kingdom in relation to Bankruptcy proceed
ings. The matter was referred to a Special
Committee of the Council for consideration.
A letter in reply from a firm of solicitors
was read, giving full particulars of an alleged
breach of professional etiquette on the part of
a solicitor in canvassing for business. The
Council resolved that, in their opinion, the
explanation of the solicitor in question was
satisfactory, and that the firm of solicitors be
so informed.
A resolution from the Northern Law Society
was read, requesting the Council to prepare
and present to the House of Commons a
Memorial, to be signed by all Irish solicitors,
protesting against the payment of Solicitors'
Certificate Duty, and requesting its abolition ;
and a Memorial from -twenty-six solicitors,
practising in the County Monaghan, was also
read, asking the Council to call a Special
Meeting of the solicitors of Ireland to consult
together and decide upon the best methods
to adopt in order to achieve success in the
matter of the abolition of Certificate Duty ;
both were referred to the Parliamentary Com
mittee to deal with.
An application by an apprentice, bound for
five years, to be deemed to have been a clerk '
within the terms of section 16 of the Solicitors
(Ireland) Act, 1898, at the time of entering into