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Vol. 41
No. 2
June,
1947
THE GAZETTE
of the
INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND
President:
H. ST. J. BLAKE
Fice-Presidents :
WILLIAM L. DUGGAN
JOHN J. BOLGER
Secretary :
ERIC A. PLUNKETT
FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS
MEETING OF THE COUNCIL
MAY 16th. Mr. Duggan, Vice-President, in the
chair. Also present: Messrs. W. S. Hayes, D.
O'Connell, P. F. O'Reilly, Roger Greene, W. S.
Huggarcl, S. 0 hUadhaigh, J. P. Carrigan, A.
Cox,
J. Travers Wolfe, J. R. Quirke, W. J. Norman,
J. J. Lynch, H. P. Mayne, G. A. Overend, J. Barrett,
J. P. Tyrrell, D. P. Shaw, T. A. O'Reilly, J. F.
Foley.
The following were among the matters discussed :
Solicitors Bill
THE Council considered a report from the Bill
Committee on a
reference
to consider making
proposals for the establishment of a Compensation
or Indemnity Fund for clients, should it be necessary
to include such provisions in the Bill to insure its
passage through the Dail and Senate. The report
of the Committee recommended that if such pro–
visions are necessary they should be on the lines
of the Compensation Fund established by the English
Law Society. The report was referred back to the
Committee for reconsideration.
Trustee Acts
THE Council considered and adopted a report from
the Legislation and Privileges Committee containing
suggestions for a consolidated list of authorised
Trustee Investments and making recommendations
for general amendments in the law relating to
Trustees.
It was ordered that a copy of the report
should be sent to the Department of Justice.
Terms of appointment of solicitors to Local
Authorities
THE Council considered a report from a Committee
arising out of the recent interview between the
Minister for Local Government and Public Health .
and representatives from the Council. The de–
putation had submitted to the Minister that in any
case in which a solicitor for a public body is ap–
pointed on terms that the legal business of the
public body shall be carried on in an office main–
tained by him at his own expense, his remuneration
should be by way of taxed costs and not by way of
salary. The Minister, after listening to the repre–
sentations made by the deputation, informed them
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