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THE GAZETTE
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Vol. XI, No. 8.]
February, 1918.
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L AMONGST MEMBERS.
Meetings of the Council.
'January i6th.
Taxation of Costs.
The President informed the Council that
the deputation appointed at the previous
meeting had interviewed the Lord Chancellor,
and had submitted to him a
statement
showing the urgent public and professional
necessity for the immediate appointment of
a third Taxing Master, and that His Lordship
had undertaken to give full consideration to
the facts submitted by the deputation. As
a result of
this, and previous interviews,
the Lord Chancellor had since made the
appointment of Mr. R. A. Macnamara to
the office of Taxing Master.
Right to Possession of Letters.
A query of general interest to the profes
sion was submitted to the Council by two
firms of Solicitors to determine the right
to possession of letters under the following
circumstances :
A client discharged
the
retainer of his Solicitors, paid them all costs
due, and instructed them to hand his deeds
and papers to another firm of Solicitors,
which they did, but they retained and claimed
the right to retain as their property letters
written to them as Solicitors for the client
by a third party. The query having been
considered by the Privileges Committee, that
Committee reported that, in their opinion,
the letters are the property of the client, and
should under the circumstances be handed
over to the newly appointed Solicitors.
(See
In re Thomson,
1855, 20 Beav., 545, and R.R.
109, p. 534.)
The Council adopted the report of the
Committee.
'January
21
st.
Resignation of Mr. Justice Barton.
The Council directed a letter to be written
to Sir Plunket Barton expressing the regret
of the Council on his resignation from the
Judicial Bench, and their appreciation of his
courtesy to the profession.
January $oth.
Sir Plunket Barton.
A letter was read in reply from Sir Plunket
Barton
thanking
the Council
for
their
expression of regret on his resignation.
Council of Law Reporting,
The Council appointed Mr. Thomas G.
Quirke, LL.D., as one of its representatives
on the Council of Law Reporting, in room of
Mr. Macnamara, resigned.
Examination Results.
A report from the Court of Examiners upon
the results of the January Preliminary and
Final Examinations was
submitted and
adopted. The results appear in this GAZETTE.
Illegal Conveyancing.
A letter was read from a Country Solicitor
giving particulars of a deed prepared by a
publican.
Further inquiries were directed,
in order to ascertain if the facts would
justify proceedings for penalties being in
stituted.