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THE GAZETTE
OF THE
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Vol. VII, No, 5.]
November, 1913.
:
FOR CIRCULATION
AMONGST MEMBERS.
Meetings of the'Council.
October 1st.
Local Bankruptcy Rules.
Letters were read from the Clerk to the
Privy Council in reference to a representation
made by the Council that the Local Bank
ruptcy Rule
regulating the costs payable
where the assets realised do not exceed £100
should be assimilated with the High Court
Rule in such cases. The Privy Council,
which is the rule-making authority under the
Local Bankruptcy Act, declined to accede to
the representation, and the draft amended
Local Bankruptcy Rules, issued in the month
of June, which embraced all the other amend
ments suggested by the Council, have been
made statutory rules.
It was decided to
communicate with the Northern Law Society
and Southern Law Association as to further
action in reference to this matter.
Touting Circular.
A
letter having been received from a
country member enclosing a circular letter
received by a client from a London " Com
pensation Agency " offering free legal advice
and assistance, to enable the person to whom
it was addressed to recover compensation for
the death of his daughter through a motor
accident, the Council had directed the circular
to be sent to the English Law Society. A
letter in reply was read from the English Law
Society stating that they had been making
enquiries into a similar circular, but were
unable to obtain evidence sufficient to enable
the Society
to
take proceedings with a
possibility of success, for a breach of the
Solicitors Acts, and for that reason did not
propose to further interfere in the matter.
Land Purchase Investments.
The Council had under consideration the
Land Commission Rule of 1897, which limits
the Stockbrokers to be employed in the
investment and sale of moneys under the
control of the Land Commission to the twelve
Chancery brokers.
It was decided to pass
the
following
resolution, being similar in
terms to that passed by the Council in 1905,
and a Committee was appointed to prepare a
statement in support of the resolution to be
submitted to the Judge and Commissioners
of the Irish Land Commission :—
RESOLVED.—" The Council of the Incor-
' porated Law Society of Ireland is of
' opinion that the existing practice of
' investing the proceeds of lands sold
' under the Land Act, 1903, through the
twelve
Chancery
Stockbrokers
is
' inimical to the interests of Clients, and
causes
unnecessary difficulties
and
' delays. That Vendors under the Act
should be at liberty to have their
' moneys invested by any duly licensed
Government Stockbroker, and
that
' Rule 1, Order XXII., of the Irish Land
' Commission Rules of the 16th March,
' 1897, should be altered to give effect to
' this resolution."
Society's Premises.
Regulations pursuant to Bye-law 43 for the
management of the Society's premises, pre
pared by the House Committee in substitution