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BOOK REVIEWS
The Compleat Conveyancer
by lan McD. Wright,
Solicitor; with illustrations by Angela de Courcy
Wright (Fleet and Maxwell); I/-.
This interesting exercise in public relations ex
plains its purpose
in
its sub-title "What your
solicitor is up to—a few rays of light on the
mystery". It explains in an entertaining manner
each stage of the normal conveyancing transaction
and pinpoints the pitfalls that exist at each stage.
It explains those causes of delay which may arise
despite the solicitor's best efforts. The client
is
told the part he is expected to play in the trans
action and answers all the usual questions from
"Why can't I get into possession now?" to "Can I
take the kitchen sink with me?" The more impor
tant messages are driven home with the aid of
Mrs. Wright's amusing cartoons.
At a time when the profession has been criticised
for excessive charges on conveyancing this pam
phlet goes a long way towards showing just how
much work is involved. One or two copies in your
waitingroom would make pleasant and informa
tive reading, and should save you a lot of explana
tions. Have
some
spare copies available,
for
even those clients who are not men of property
will enjoy reading this and may well take a copy
home. Available in fifties only, price £2-10-0 per
fifty, from the publishers.
Report of the Committee on the Enforcement of
Judgment Debts
(Cmnd. 3909). Published by
H.M. Stationery Office; 41/-.
The committee recommend the abolition of im
prisonment to enforce payment of civil debts,
though not unanimously, and recommends new
procedures for their enforcement.
The most interesting proposal, however, was
for the establishment of Enforcement Offices at
all County Courts the duty of which would be
the enforcing of orders for money payments made
by the Courts. Attachment of earnings as a means
of enforcing maintenance orders was introduced
in England in 1958 and it was suggested by the
committee that this should be extended to all civil
debts. Once a creditor has applied to enforce a
judgment debt it is envisaged that the enforce
ment office would make a general enforcement
order which would oblige a debtor to answer the
office's inquiries as to his means and notify changes
of address or employment. A deduction along the
same lines as P.A.Y.E. would then be made from
his salary.
Another proposal
is
that the debtor's assets
should be fairly distributed among all his creditors.
Thus all money recovered during the enforcement
would be paid
to
the enforcement office and
creditors who received money directly from the
debtor would have to pay this money to the office
to enable equal distribution.
The report contains many other interesting sug
gestions and proposals and some interesting statis
tics on debtors.
THE REGISTRY
Register A
Wanted—Assistant solicitor for Cork city firm of solici
tors. Good salary and conditions for suitable applicant.
Reply stating experience (if any) to Box No. A267.
Assistant Solicitor wanted in Minister provincial town.
General practice. Apply stating experience to Box No.
A268.
Register C
For Sale—Full set of Irish Jurist Reports. Box No. C195.
In the Goods of William Bloomer, late of Corradocy,
Longford, Co. Longford, Pensioner, deceased.
Will any solicitor having knowledge of a will made by
the above-named who died on
the 1st March 1969,
please communicate with the undersigned solicitors for
the next-of-kin. Patrick J. Connellan and Co., Solicitors,
Church Street, Longford.
REGISTRATION OF TITLE ACT, 1964
Issue of New Land Certificate
Applications have been received from the registered
owners mentioned in the Schedule annexed hereto, for
the issue of Certificates of Title in substitution for the
original Certificates issued in respect of the lands speci
fied in the said Schedule, which original Certificates, it
is alleged, have been lost or inadvertently destroyed.
A new Certificate will be issued in each case, except
a case in respect of which notification is received in this
Registry within 28 days from the publication of this
notice, that the Certificate of Title is still in existence,
and
in
the custody of some person other than
the
registered owner. Any such notification should state the
grounds on which such Certificate is being held.
Dated the 24 th day of March 1969.
D. L. McALLISTER.
Registrar of Titles, Central Office, Land Registry,
Chancery Street, Dublin.
SCHEDULE
1. Registered owner, Timothy O'Connell. Folio num
ber 25462. County Cork. Lands of BallinguiKy in
the
Barony of Muskerry East, containing 98a. Ir. 36p.
2. Registered owner, Reverend Patrick Commins and
others. Folio number 323. County Waterford. Lands of
Spring (Marquis) in the Barony of Dceies-without-Drum,
containing 15a. 2r. lOp.
3. Registered owner, Joseph Brock
Folio number
1363. County King's. Lands of Kilduff in the Barony
of Philipstown Lower, containing 287 a. Or. 36p.
4. Registered owner,
James Flynn. Folio
number
47292. County Galway. Lands of Kilmacshane (Turbett),
103