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The report of the sub-committee was adopted
and it was ordered that the draft bill as
finally amended be reprinted. The President,
Vice-Presidents, and Messrs Overend, Mayne,
O'Dea, 6 hUadhaigh and Cox were appointed
as a Committee to consider further arrange
ments.
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OBITUARY.
MR. EDWARD H. BURNE, Solicitor, died
on 20th January, 1943, at his residence,
20 Waterloo Road, Dublin, aged 62.
The late Mr. Burne served his apprentice
ship to Mr. Arthur H. Burne, of Dublin, and
was admitted in Michaelmas Sittings, 1903.
He joined the firm of Gerald Byrne and
Company with which he practised until his
death. At the time of his death he was a
member of the Council of the Society to
which he was elected in 1916. He became
President of the Society in 1928-29.
For
many years his counsel and advice on all
matters affecting
the profession and his
sound commonsense in matters of business
were unreservedly at
the service of his
colleagues and were highly valued by them.
An outstanding advocate with wide exper
ience of both the former and the present
systems, his services were in demand both in
the former Petty Sessions and in the District
Courts. He was the author of the standard
work published on the rules and practice
of the District Court. He was the representa
tive of
the Society on
the Rule-making
Committee.
Outside his strictly professional activities,
the late Mr. Burne was keenly interested in
the work of many'public and private charities,
including the Solicitors' Benevolent Associa
tion, of which he was Deputy Chairman.
His presence in the Courts and in the Council
chamber will be sadly missed by his colleagues
in the profession to which he gave many
years of faithful service.
At the Meeting of the Council, on February
4th, a resolution was passed expressing sym
pathy with his widow and family.
The Council was represented at the funeral
by Mr. John B. Hamill, President; Mr. John S.
O'Connor, Vice-President; Messrs G. Acheson
Overend, \V. J. Norman, P. R. Boyd, P. F.
O'Reilly, H. P. Mayne and E. A. Plunkett,
Secretary.
MR. FRANCIS C. PILKINGTON, -.Solicitor,
died in Dublin on 25th January, 1943.
The late Mr. Pilkington served his appren
ticeship with the late Mr. Frederick G. Kerin,
of Ennis. He was admitted in Trinity Sittings,
1901, and practised as the senior partner of
the firm of McMahon and Tweedy/13 Hume
Street, Dublin, until his death.
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SOLICITORS' BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
Incorporated Law Society Centenary Annuity.
An Election will be held in March for this
Annuity of £52. Annual Members of the
Association will not be entitled,, to vote
unless their subscriptions for 1943^3X6 paid.
Members and
intending Members should
therefore, without delay, send tjieir sub
scriptions,
-£1
Is. Od., or, if admitted less
than three years, 10s. 6d., to the Secretary,
22, Nassau Street, Dublin.
CURRENT TOPICS.
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Effect of Adjudication of Bankruptcy
in
England.
The decision of the Supreme Court in the
case of in re Reilly, a bankrupt in England
(1942 I.R. 416), .seriously affects purchasers
of
land and Solicitors acting
for
them.
Briefly the effect of the decision of
the
Court appears to be that an adjudication in
England of bankruptcy against the owner
of unregistered land in Eire vests the legal
estate in such land forthwith in the English
Trustee, without the necessity of an Order
of the Irish Court or of any registration in the
bankruptcy office here or in the Registry of
Deeds.
As
regards registered
lands
the
opinion of the Court was equally divided.
Unless special legislation is enacted it would
appear that a purchaser of unregistered land
will not be safe in paying over the purchase
money without
first
instituting searches
against the Vendor in the various bankruptcy
offices in England and V.'ales. As regards
registered land, the legal position is uncertain,
two judges of the Supreme Court (Sullivan,
C. J., and O'Byrne, J.), having held that
the mere fact of adjudication of bankruptcy