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The Gazette
of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
[DEC., 1907
ask the solicitor against whom the complaint
was made for an explanation.
A memorial from an apprentice to have his
indentures assigned was submitted and sanc
tioned.
Application by an apprentice for liberty to
attend next May Final Examination, his term
of apprenticeship expiring in June, but who
will not have completed his attendance at
Senior Lectures until July next, was granted,
owing to the ill-health of the apprentice during
the early years of his apprenticeship, and under
the special circumstances.
Report from the County Courts Committee,
in reference to the application to the Treasury
by the Clerk of the Crown and Peace of the
County and City of Dublin for an increase to
his staff, was considered and adopted ; and the
following resolution was passed by the Council,
and copies of same directed to be sent to His
Excellency
the Lord Lieutenant, the Lord
Chancellor, the Attorney-General for Ireland,
the Recorder of Dublin, the Treasury Remem
brancer, and the Clerk of the Crown and Peace
for the County and City of Dublin :—
" RESOLVED—The Council are of opinion
that the Clerk of the Crown and Peace for the
County and City of Dublin, considering his
staff to be inadequate for the performance of
the work of the office, and, having made
application for"an increase to his staff, such
application should receive favourable consi
deration.
" The Council are further of opinion that it
is desirable, in the interests of the public, that
the Civil Bill business of so much of the divi
sion of Kilmainham as at present is discharged
at Kilmainham should, by Order in Council,
pursuant to 39 and 40 Victoria, cap. 71, sec. 4,
be directed to be discharged at Green Street
Courthouse, at the Civil Bill Sessions for the
City of Dublin ;
and that a sitting of such
Sessions should be held for every month during
the year, except for the month of August; and
that sittings of the County Court at Kings
town, Balbriggan, and Swords should continue
to be held as heretofore."
The Council adjourned.
The Council met upon Wednesday, the
November, 1907 ;
the President (Mr. William
S. Hayes) in the chair, and twenty-four other
members were present.
The bye-laws of the Council were adopted.
Regulations for the election of President
and two Vice-Presidents of the Society were
also adopted.
Letters acknowledging the receipt of resolu
tion of the Council in reference to the staff in
the office of Clerk of the Crown and Peace for
the County and City of Dublin, also as to the
business at Kilmainham Division being dis
charged at Green Street, were submitted from
the Assistant Under Secretary for Ireland, on
behalf of His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant,
the Secretary to the Lord Chancellor,
the
Attorney-General, and from the Treasury Re
membrancer.
A letter from a member of the profession
complaining of another member of the profes
sion having communicated direct with his
client, knowing that he was acting on behalf
of such client, was considered by the Council.
An explanation having been invited from the*
solicitor complained of, and he having replied
without rendering any explanation, a resolution
was passed by the Council, stating that they
were of opinion that the action of the solicitor
in question was a breach of professional
etiquette, and expressing the disapproval of
the Council of such action. A copy of the
resolution was directed to be sent to each of
the solicitors.
A letter was read from a firm of solicitors,
enclosing copy of a letter received by them
from the Chief Clerk to the Lord Chancellor
in reference to an application by them for
permission to inspect and take notes from a
file in a minor matter in which they acted for
one of the parties, in which letter the Chief
Clerk suggested that an expression of opinion
from the Council might be asked for as to the
rule laid down by his predecessor, and which
he intended to follow—that the files in minor
matters are not of a public nature or open
to the inspection of any person without special
leave.
The Council directed a letter to be written
by the Secretary to the Chief Clerk, expressing
the opinion of the Council that it is desirable
that the practice laid down by his predecessor,
as stated in his letter, should be adhered to,
and that it has been the experience of the
members of the Council
that applications
made to inspect the files in minor matters,
where
reasonable, have always
in the past
been granted, and that they are sure such
will continue to be the experience of the
profession.
Notices from
two
solicitors (pursuant to
Rule V. of the Rules of the Benchers of
King's Inns) stating their intention to seek
call to the Bar in twelve months' time, were
submitted.