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The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland
[December, 1939
286; J. J. Dunne, 281 :
J. B. Hamill, 277 ;
E. H. Burne, 272;
E.
J. Mallins, 268:
Daniel O'Connell, 268 :
W. S. Huggard, 268 ;
C. G. Stapleton, 259; J. J. Dundon,
254;
R. A. Macaulay, 246 ; T. Desmond McLough-
lin, 195; And
the following
to form a
supplemental list
in case of vacancies :—
W-. McA. McCracken, 160:
J. M. Dudley,
157; R. J. Nolan, 147.
THE PRESIDENT, addressing the meet
ing, said :
Obituary.
At the meeting last year corresponding to
this present one you heard an able and
important address from the then President,
Senator T. \V. Delany.
Since our meeting
held in May last Mr. Delany has passed away,
and our profession has lost an outstanding
personality. Whether in the public life of
his native County, in the Senate, or in matters
connected with
his
profession,
Senator
Delany was always a prominent figure, and
during his year of Office as President of
your Council he was untiring in his devotion
to the advancement of our profession.
In
the same period, a venerable and
esteemed figure in the person of Sir William
Fry has also passed away. Although he had
for some time ceased to practise his pro
fession he will be remembered as a dis
tinguished lawyer, a Past President of the
Council, an active member of the Solicitors'
Benevolent Association and a prominent
supporter of many Charitable Institutions
in the City of Dublin.
To the relatives of these gentlemen and
other past members of the Society who have
passed away since our last meeting I tender
our respectful sympathy.
Annual Report.
You will have had in hands for some time
the Annual Report of your Council.
A
perusal of it will give you some idea of the
various matters which have during the year
engaged our attention. Your Council met
on fourteen occasions, but I think it proper
to state that these meetings represent only
a fraction of the work done in the various
Committees appointed for consideration of
matters of importance.
Circuit Court Appeals.
The hearing of appeals from the Circuit
Court by High Court Judges on Circuit has
now been in operation for a sufficient period
to enable the profession form an opinion
as to its merits and it has so far in practice,
proved satisfacton7 .
Circuit Court Costs.
You will also have noticed that Circuit
Court Costs are being reviewed.
I believe
that as a result of
such
review,
in
the
light of experience gained
in the working
of the Circuit Courts, several items in which
these costs were open to objection will be
rectified.
I would like on behalf of the Soci
ety to express my appreciation of the time
and labour devoted to this work by the Rules
Committee and particularly
that of Mr.
Thomas H. Craig, one of our own represen
tatives.
Estate Duty Office.
At our last meeting, reference was made to
correspondence with the Controller of Estate
Duty as to delay in the assessment of duties
and proposals put forth by the Council for
effecting
improvements
in
this
respect.
While the Department did not find itself able
to fall in with our suggestions, it is only fair
to say that no complaints have for some time
been received under this head.
Serivenery Office.
Widespread and well-founded complaints
have been forthcoming with reference to the
delay which takes place in delivery of docu
ments from the Serivenery Office of the Four
Courts. These complaints, received as they
were from members of the profession in
widely separated parts of the country, and
backed by the personal experience of several