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feel that I may be trespassing on the territory
of the Chairman and Secretary-General, who I
am sure will have expressed to you their thanks
and appreciation for what was done so magni
ficently, but I also want to write on behalf of
The Law Society and say how much the English
delegation and your visitors from England appre
ciated the care and trouble you took to look after
their comforts and to provide a really delightful
hospitality programme and entertainment second
to none."
—Sir Thomas Lund, Secretary-General, The Law
Society, Treasurer of the I.E.A.
"My sincere congratulations for the excellent
organisation and great success of the Dublin
Conference."
—Norman H. Murray, Secretary, The Incorpora
ted Law Society of Northern Ireland.
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF
SOCIETY
Members please note that in April, 1967 and
again in April, 1968 the Society notified all
schools throughout the Country of the educa
tional requirements of entering into the solicitors'
profession. As a result of enquiries received
since April, 1967 it appeared that the require
ments were not fully brought to the attention of
students. Several students were misled not only
by the silence of the schools and colleges to
which the information was forwarded but by
practising solicitors. The requirements are there
fore set out hereunder :
The statutory requirement is that the applicant
must pass either the Society's Preliminary
examination in the required subjects (including
English, Mathematics and Latin) or the open
public Matriculation examination of an Irish
University.
Since 1st January, 1968 no candidate is being
exempted from the Preliminary examiation un
less he has passed the open public Matricula
tion or entrance examination of an Irish Univer
sity in the required subjects including English,
Mathematics and Latin. Please note the Matri
culation Certificate "bought off" the Leaving
Certificate will not suffice.
The average number of deaths and retire
ments in the profession is between 30 and 40
each year. The average number of persons enter
ing into indentures of apprenticeship each year
stood at about this figure until some years ago.
Since then the number of persons entering into
indentures of apprenticeship has shown a sharp
increase. In recent years it has risen from about
35 to over 100 in each year.
A memorandum entitled "The Professional
Work of a Solicitor" has been supplied by the
Society to the Department of Labour and can be
obtained from them on request.
TOTAL ABSTINENCE
Judge Maude, son of the famous actor and a
familiar figure at the Old Bailey has retired after
fourteen years on the Bench. He was noted for
his deliberate straight faced humour, as on the
famous occasion when be bound over a hulking
Irish labourer, convicted of having committed a
crime of violence while under the influence, to
touch no more alcohol "not even one small
sherry before luncheon''.
CORRESPONDENCE
Landlord and Tenant Commission
Landlord and Tenant Commission
72-76 St. Stephen's Green,
Dublin, 2.
1 July, 1968
Dear Sir,
In January, 1966, the Minister for Justice
appointed this Commission to inquire into the
working of the law relating to landlord and
tenant (other than the Rent Restrictions Acts)
and to recommend such amendments in the law
as the Commission thinks proper.
In addition, the Commission was asked to in
quire into the provisions relating to the grant
of new tenancies under Part III of the Landlord
and Tenant Act, 1931, and into certain questions
arising under the Landlord and Tenant (Rever
sionary Leases) Act, 1958, and the Landlord and
Tenant (Ground Rents) Act, 1967. The Com
mission was asked to give priority to these
matters. In October, 1967, the
Report on Occu
pational Tenancies under the Landlord and
Tenant Act, 1931
was presented to the Minister.
In April, 1968, the
Report on Certain Questions
arising under the Landlord and Tenant Acts,
1958 and 1967
was presented to him.
The Commission is now commencing its in
vestigations into the principal heading of the
Terms of Reference, namely the working of the
law relating to landlord and tenant.
The Commission is anxious that it should
gather as much information as possible before
preparing its Report to the Minister for Justice.
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