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notice to quit, and not its expiration, appears to be
that a landlord of business premises for a term
however long which is terminable by notice to quit,
can defeat the rights of the tenant under Section 19
(i)
(a)
by serving a notice to quit before the expira–
tion of the third year of the tenancy to expire on the
last day of the term mentioned in the lease. Smith
/.'. Educational (Permanent) Building Society (80
I.L.T.R. 31).
LEGAL APPOINTMENT
MR. JAMES A. GEARY has been appointed Solicitor
to the Irish Land Commission.
Mr. Geary was admitted a Solicitor in Michaelmas
Sittings, 1930, and was appointed Solicitor to the
Department of Posts and Telegraphs, Dublin, in
1943.
OBITUARY
MR. JOSEPH KETT-O'SHEA, Solicitor, of Kilrush,
is feared to have lost his life during a sailing
expedition on
the Shannon on yth November,
1946.
Mr. O'Shea served his apprenticeship to Mr.
Patrick P. P. O'Shea, Kilrush, was admitted in
Michaelmas Sittings, 1943, and practised at Kilrush.
under the style of Lett & Fetherstonhaugh at
23 Ely Place, Dublin, and from 1930 up to the time
of his death in his own name at the same address.
MR. ARTHUR G. JOYCE, Solicitor, died in Dublin on
2ist December, 1946.
Mr. Joyce served his apprenticeship with the late
Mr. George P. Cussen of Dublin, and the late Mr.
Michael C. O'Meara of Dublin, was admitted in
Trinity Sittings, 1897, and practised at 121 St.
Stephen's Green, Dublin.
MR. GEORGE F. MONTGOMERY, Solicitor, died at a
Dublin Nursing Home, on 29th December, 1946.
Mr. Montgomery was admitted a Solicitor in
Trinity Sittings, 1891, and practised at Longford
up to the year 1926, when he was appointed County
Registrar for Longford. In 1937 he retired from that
office and carried on practice at Longford until the
year 1939.
MR. WILLIAM S. COLLIS, Solicitor, died at his
residence, Kilmore, Killiney, Co. Dublin, on 2nd
January, 1947.
Mr. Collis was admitted in Trinity Sittings, 1882,
and practised at 13 Clare Street, Dublin, as senior
partner in the firm of Collis & Ward.
MR. WILLIAM GORDON BRADLEY, Solicitor, died at
his residence, Roancroaghan, Killarney Road, Bray,
on 5th December, 1946.
Mr. Bradley served his apprenticeship with the
late Mr. Arthur E. Bradley, of Dublin, was admitted
in Michaelmas Sittings, 1906, and practised at
ii Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin, as a member of
the firm of W. G. Bradley & Son until the year 1938
when he was appointed solicitor to
the Great
Southern Railways.
In the year 1945 he resumed
practice at n Lr. Ormond Quay, Dublin.
Mr. Bradley.served on the council from 1922 to
1943 and was President of the Society for the year
1932-1933.
MR. GEORGE CARR LETT, Solicitor, died at his
residence, 48 Wellington Road, Dublin, on iyth
December, 1946.
Mr. Lett was apprenticed to the late Mr. George
Carr Lett of Dublin, was admitted in Trinity Sittings,
1899, and practised at 43 Dame Street, Dublin,
up to the year 1907. From 1907 to 1930 he practised
MR. FREDERICK H. HALL, Solicitor, died in London
on 4th January, 1947.
Mr. Hall served his apprenticeship with the late
Mr. Frederick Hall, Cork, was admitted in Trinity
Sittings, 1914, and practised in Cork under the
style of Frederick Hall & Son.
Mr. Hall was an ex-President of the Southern
Law Association and was for some years an extra–
ordinary member of the Council of this Society.
SOLICITORS' BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
Election to Life Annuities of £73 and £52.
The
election
to
these Annuities for
which necessitous Solicitors and
their
widows and
families are
eligible will
be held at an early date.
For forms
of application apply to:
The Secretory,
22
Nassau Street, Dublin.
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