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accept the 10/6 fee for making title to a plot
purchased under the Labourers Acts.
In my
humble opinion they are perfectly right in
adopting this course. No one would be more
opposed than I to any attempt at extortion
or extravagant claims, but at the same time
a labourer is worthy of his hire, and I shall
always oppose to the utmost any attempt by
a board of gentlemen who probably mean well
but who,- in my opinion, do not clearly under–
stand what they are doing to deprive pro–
fessional men of their just remuneration. The
result, therefore, of enforcing the 10/6 rule
would be to deprive the vendor of all legal
assistance, and as the vendor himself would
be quite incapable of making or vouching an
abstract of title, the Council would in all
cases similar to this be forced to pay the
money into Court, and also to pay the costs
of drawing it Out, which would amount at
least to £10. They would, therefore, have to
pay £10 instead of £2 2s. Od., besides their
own costs,
as has already happened
in
Armour's case, and this, when spread over a
whole scheme, would amount
to a very
considerable sum.
Another point raised by Dr. Taggart was
that the Local Government Board's rule is
unreasonable and, therefore, invalid. As to
this, the observations of the learned Judges
in Lady Mowbray's case that the scale of fees
must, be
reasonable,
and especially
the
observations of Lord Justice Fitzgibbon, are
certainly very strong, and it would be easy to
show how harshly and unequally the Local
Government Board's rule would work out'if
the contention of the Board is correct.
It is,
however, unnecessary for me to consider that
point, which may arise in some future case
and require further argument. In the present
case I decide in favour of the plaintiff, on the
ground that the title he was required to
deduce was not a mere title to an occupation
interest, and, therefore, the 10/6 rule, even
if valid, does not apply.
Solicitors Seeking Call to the Bar.
THE Statutory Committee have reported upon
the respective applications of Mr. William
Beattie, Mr. John T. Donovan, Mr. James
C. R. Lardner, M.P., and Mr. James "C. B.
Proctor, Solicitors, to have their names struck
off the Roll, so that they may enter as law
students of the King's Inns, in order to seek
call to the Bar; the Lord Chancellor has in
each case made an order, in compliance with
the recommendation contained in the report
of the Committee, directing the names to be
struck off the Roll at the request of each
applicant.
Mr. Beattie was
admitted
in Hilary
Sittings, 1902, and practised at Mayfair,
Arthur Square, Belfast.
Mr. Donovan was admitted in Michaelmas
Sittings, 1905, and practised at 13 Lombard
Street, Belfast.
Mr. Lardner, M.P., was admitted in Hilary
Sittings,
1901, and practised at Church
Square, Monaghan.
Mr. Proctor was admitted in Michaelmas
Sittings, 1907, and practised at Limavady.
County Courts (Ireland) Bill.
IN the House of Commons upon the 29th
May, Mr. Charles Craig asked the Chief
Secretary for Ireland if he had yet considered
the County Court Judges' recommendations
on the subject of County Court reform in
Ireland ;
and, if so, what steps he intended
taking
in order
to give effect
to
those
recommendations.
Mr. T. W. Russell, in
reply, said My
right honourable friend has considered the
recommendations referred to. The County
Court Judges recommend the codification of
the entire law relating to County Courts in
Ireland, and also certain alterations in the
existing law, some of which would certainly
give rise to controversy. My right honourable
friend regrets that in the present circum–
stances there is no opportunity for introducing
legislation of this character.
New Solicitors.
ADMISSIONS DURING MAY, 1913.
Name
Set-ved Apprenticeship to
Prentice, Albert Ernest Hunt W. Hardman, Dub-
Stanton, John J,
lin.
John Stanton, Cork.
Summer Assizes.
NORTH-EAST CIRCUIT.
Co. Meath. At Trim, Monday, 30th June,
at 11.30 a.m.
Co. Louth. At Dundalk, Wednesday, 2nd
July, at 12 o'clock.