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with the result we all know, at the Special
Meeting over which he presided. He dilig
ently practised, what he proudly stated he
was taught in childhood—" never to accept
any
position unless he was prepared to give
of his very best in that position." During
his year of office he was unsurpassable in
service.
He gave us his very best.
He
presided over our meetings with marvellous
tact and good humour and he leaves office
with every one of us cherishing a memory of
a man from whom we expected much, but,
who gave us far in excess of what we antici
pated.
I trust, and I know, that during my
term of office
I shall receive from Mr.
Overend every assistance that he can give,
and I shall depend and rely on his advice
and experience.
On behalf of our Council I present to you,
Mr. Overend, this badge, a replica of your
badge of office, which I know you will
cherish as a proud memory of the honour
that had been conferred upon you and the
confidence placed in you by your colleagues.
Go dtugaidh Dia Saoghal fada dhuit faoi
Rath agus Faoi Shonas.
As I have just
said in our own tongue : May God grant you
many years of happiness and prosperity.
LEGAL PRACTITIONERS
(QUALIFICATION) ACT, 1929.
A " First " Examination in Irish and a
" Second " Examination in Irish will be held
on Friday and Saturday, the 5th and 6th
days of February, 1943.
Notices of intention to attend either of the
above-mentioned examinations should be
lodged in the Secretary's Office before the
15th day of January.
HILARY SITTINGS LECTURES, 1943.
Senior Class Lectures will begin on Tuesday,
the 12th January. Junior Class Lectures will
begin on Monday, the llth January.
EXAMINATION PAPERS, 1942.
The Booklet containing the Papers set at
all the examinations held by the Society
during the year 1942 can now be obtained
from the Secretary's Office, price 2/-, post
free.
THE INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF
NORTHERN IRELAND.
Mr. Charles MacLaughlin of Coleraine has
been elected President of the Society for
the year 1942-1943.
THE
SOUTHERN
LAW ASSOCIATION.
Mr. John F. Foley of Cork has been elected
President of the Association for the year
1942-1943.
OBITUARY.
MR. FREDERICK G. SHARPE, Solicitor, died
on 30th November, 1942, at his residence,
14 Ailesbury Road, Dublin.
Mr. Sharpe served his apprenticeship with
the late Mr. William Milward Jones, and the
late Mr. Alexander C. Cameron, both of
Dublin. He was admitted in Hilary Sittings,
1899, and practised at 6 Dawson Street,
Dublin, as a member of the firm'of Milward
Jones, Mayne & Sharpe.
He was Professor of Common Law to
The Incorporated Law Society from 1909
to 1914.
SOLICITORS' COSTS—GROSS SUM.
The recent English Decision in the case of
In re J. N. Nabarro & Sons (59 T.L.R.24)
on the construction of the Solicitors' Re
muneration (Gross Sum) Order, 1934, is of
interest to Irish Solicitors in as much as the
relevant part of that Order is identical with
our General Order of 15th November, 1920
(printed at page 465 of the Society's Calendar
for 1942). The following statement appears
at page 382, Cordery on Solicitors, 4th
Edition :—
" Where a Solicitor charges an unex
plained gross sum the client may, before
taxation, require an explanation, which
the Solicitor is bound to give, and which
may then be used on taxation, or the
Solicitor may tender such explanation
without the client's request and in either
case the explanation may be used on
taxation to explain (but not so as on
increase) the gross sum."