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The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
[MAY, 1913
reference to the suggestion of this Council
that
the Rules of
the
Supreme Court
(Ireland), 1905, should be amended so that
the inconvenience caused by the occurrence
of the Easter and.Whitsuntide public holidays
during the Court Sittings, might be obviated.
A reply was received from the Bar Council
nominating Mr. Hanna, K.C..
and Mr.
Babington, B.L., to confer on the subject.
The Council appointed the President, Mr.
Byrne, and Mr. Synnott,
to meet
the
representatives of the Bur Council.
County Court and Bankruptcy Laws.
The Dublin
Chamber
of
Commerce
invited the Council to nominate two of its
members
to meet
two members of
the
Chamber of Commerce, and two members of
the Institute of Chartered Accountants, for
the purpose of discussing the best means of
bringing about alterations in County Court
practice and Bankruptcy Laws embodied in
resolutions passed at a meeting of Irish
Chambers of Commerce and other commercial
bodies, held on 6th February last. On the
26th February the Council nominated Mr.
Byrne and Mr. Collins to attend the meeting.
On the 18th April the meeting was held, and
Mr. Byrne and Mr. Collins now reported to
the Council that they had fully laid before the
meeting the views of the Council on these
two matters, and that the meeting had agreed
that the County Courts (Ireland) Bill, as
introduced in 1911, should be supported, and
that the suggestions relative to the Bank–
ruptcy Laws should be further considered
before any action is taken thereon.
Coroners' Inquests (Railway Fatalities) Bill.
This Bill, which has been presented in the
House of Commons, is similar in its provisions
to the Bill presented last year. Clause 1 (6)
provides that " any relative of any person
whose death may have been caused by the
accident, with respect to which the inquest
is being held, and any person appointed by
the Committee of any trade society of
railway servants or of any friendly society
of which the deceased was at the time of the
accident a member, shall be at liberty to
attend and examine any witness either in
person or by his counsel, solicitor, or agent,
subject nevertheless
to the order of
the
Coroner."
The Council took steps to oppose the Bill
of last year owing to the insertion of this
clause, and it was resolved to take a similar
course in regard to the Bill of this year.
Law Clerks.
The petitions of two Law Clerks for leave
to be bound under Section 16 of the Solicitors
(Ireland) Act, 1898, and report of the Court
of Examiners thereon, were considered. One
petition was granted, and the other refused-
Council Meetings.
MEETINGS of the Council will be held upon
the following dates :
June 4th and 18th.
July 2nd, 16th and 30th.
Committee Meetings.
THE following Committee Meetings were held
during April :
Gazette, 10th.
House, Library and Finance, 14th.
Costs, 24th.
Court of Examiners, 25th.
New Member.
THE following joined the Society during
April, 1913 :
Hastings, John L. R., Magherafelt.
Notaries Public.
THE Lord Chancellor has appointed
the
following to be Notaries Public :
Andrew C. Leitch, Solicitor, Omagh.
Alexander E. Donnelly. Solicitor. Omagh.