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Vol. XXIV, No. 9]
MARCH, 1931.
•
FOR CIRCULATION
AMONGST MEMBERS
MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL.
5th February.
Twenty-five Members present.
Illegal Conveyancing.
A letter was read from a member giving
particulars of a letting agreement having been
prepared by an unqualified person
for
remuneration.
It was ordered that pro–
ceedings for recovery of a penalty under
27 Vie., Cap. 8, be instituted.
26th February.
Twenty-seven Members present.
Circuit Court Costs.
A letter was read from a firm of Solicitors
drawing attention to the difficulties created
through orders being made by High Court
Judges directing the costs of the proceedings
to be taxed on " Circuit Court scale." The
matter was discussed, and adjourned for
further consideration.
Courts of Justice Act.
A report was read from the Circuit and
District Courts Committee, and
it was
resolved that a letter be written to the
Minister for Justice expressing the disagree–
ment of the Council with the recommenda–
tion contained in paragraph 67 of the Report
of the Joint Committee of the Oireachtas on
the Courts of Justice Act, that jurisdiction
in lunacy and minor matters should not be
exercised by the Circuit Court, and expressing
the hope of the Council that the jurisdiction
in lunacy and minor matters as at present
exercised by the Circuit Court will not be
interfered with by legislation.
Land Bill.
A report from the Land Acts Committee
on the Land Bill, 1930, was adopted.
OBITUARY.
MR. CLAUDE F. GIFFORD, Solicitor, died
upon
the 22nd February, 1931, at St.
George's Hospital, London.
Mr. Gifford served his apprenticeship, with
his father, the late Mr. Frederick Gifford,
Dublin;
was
admitted
in Michaelmas
Sittings, 1895, and practised in partnership
with his father, under the style of Frederick
Gifford & Son, at 16 Dawson Street, Dublin,
up
to 1913.
He subsequently went
to
Canada, and returned to England with the
Canadian troops, and fought throughout the
Great War. He remained in England, and
was until recently a member of the staffs of
the Departments of the Treasury Solicitor
and of the Solicitor of Inland Revenue in
London.