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CORRESPONDENCE
CHARITIES
Commissioners of Charitable
Donations and Bequests for Ireland,
128 Lower Baggot Street,
Dublin 2.
llth December 1968.
To: The Editor,
Solicitors
Gazette,
Incorporated Law Society of Ireland,
Solicitors Buildings,
Four Courts,
Dublin 7.
Section 53 of the Charities Act, 1961
Dear Sir,
The commissioners wish to draw the attention
of the legal profession to Section 53
(1) of the
Charities Act, 1961, which provides that, before
any legal proceedings in relation to any charity
are commenced by any person, except the Attorney
General, that person shall transmit to the com
missioners notice in writing of the proposed legal
proceedings and such information as may be re
quisite or proper or may be required from time to
time by the commissioners
for explaining
the
nature and objects thereof.
The commissioners have noted that non-com
pliance with this section in a number of cases has
resulted in delay in the proceedings and expense
to the charity concerned.
The usual practice of the commissioners is to
accept a copy of the originating summons and of
the affidavit grounding
the same as adequate
notice of the proceedings.
Yours faithfully,
J. S. MARTIN.
Secretary.
BEQUESTS
Irish Heart Foundation.
4 Clyde Road,
Ballsbridge,
Dublin 4.
1st January 1969.
To: Eric A. Plunkett, Esq.
Solicitors Buildings,
Four Courts,
Dublin 7.
Dear Mr. Plunkett,
Last summer Lord Iveagh introduced to the
legal profession
the Foundation's Legacy and
Bequest Programme.
The programme created interest in all parts of
the country and many solicitors have expressed
their support for the Foundation's work. As a
result we have already received a bequest of
£1,000 and a number of small bequests.
I enclose a copy of our quarterly newsletter.
Croi,
and our latest booklet on the Foundation
which sets out its record and plans. I hope that
the programme will receive your support and that
you will feel able to recommend the Foundation
to those who seek your advice as to charitable
bequests.
The staff of the Foundation will gladly provide
further information and your co-operation will be
greatly appreciated.
Yours sincerely,
GERALD HICKEY.
For Legacy and Bequests Committee.
BANK GIRO
Incorporated Law Society of Ireland,
22nd November 1968.
To: The Secretary,
Irish Banks Standing Committee,
Bank of Ireland,
College Green,
Dublin 2.
Bank Giro
Dear Sir,
We have received letters from some of our
members who arc concerned about the new pro
cedure for making payments direct into customer's
accounts. Solicitors are often instructed to issue
proceedings on the basis of information supplied
bv customers. Solicitors also receive large amounts
of clients' monies daily or weekly. There are two
difficulties associated with a new procedure :
1.
If a debtor of the client of a solicitor makes a
payment direct into the solicitor's account or
the creditor's account proceedings may be
instituted for monies which are irrecoverable.
2. There is also the danger that clients' monies
lodged direct into a solicitor's account might
reach the wrong account.
The new procedure may cause serious inconveni
ence and difficulty to solicitors and I shall be
obliged if you will let me know if it is possible for
an individual solicitor or firm to instruct his bank
not to receive payments made direct
into his
account
through
the Bank Giro
system, and
whether such instructions will be carried out.
Yours faithfully,
ERIC A. PLUNKETT.
Secretary.
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