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value of the premises, good will and fixtures but
not on the value of the moveable chattels. Any
work done in connection with the sale of the
moveable property is chargeable under Schedule 2.
Sale of Registered Land — Costs
The Council stated that on a sale of registered
land to which rule 33 of the land registration
rules 1966 applies the commission scale is charge–
able if the register declines to convert the posses–
sory title into an absolute title on the short pro–
cedure and if the solicitor for the purchaser has
to undertake any work in connection with the
matter.
Solicitor — Candidate in Local Elections
The Council stated that (a) there is no objection
to the use of the professional description of a
solicitor on election literature, (b)
that there is
no objection
to
the use of offices for election
purposes provided that election posters or litera–
ture are not displayed on the premises.
27th July 1967: The President in the chair, also
present : Desmond Collins, Ralph J. Walker, Peter
D. M. Prentice, James W. O'Donovan, Robert
McD. Taylor, Bruce St. J. Blake, Brendan A.
McGrath, Dan O'Connor, Gerard M. Doyle, T.
E. O'Donnell, Desmond Moran, Patrick G. Moore,
Augustus Cullen, Eunan McCarron, John Maher,
John Garrigan, John J. Nash, Patrick Noonan.
The following was among the business trans–
acted.
Personal Undertaking
Member acted for the owner of property which
was sold. After the date of the contract and before
completion member on the authority of the client
gave an undertaking to a creditor that their debt
would be discharged from the proceeds of sale.
The client died before completion and his estate
is
insolvent. Member had also written to other
creditors advising them of the position and stated
that as soon as the Grant of Probate had been
received they would be notified of the composition
they would receive on foot of their claims.
The executor of the will has directed member
to disregard the undertaking given so that the
smaller creditors can receive a larger dividend.
Members enquire as to their professional position.
The Council stated that the members are bound
by the personal undertaking given to the principal
creditor. Members position with regard to the
clients money in their hands is a question upon
which they are advised to take counsel's opinion.
EXAMINATION RESULTS
At the Book-keeping Examination for apprentices
to solicitors held on the 19th June 1967
the
following candidates passed :
Passed with Merit:
1, Brian Gartlan; 2, Roger
Patrick Ballagh.
Passed :
James Baylor, Golm A. Gavanagh, Rose
Mary Durcan, Thomas F. Farrell, Brian G. Ger-
aghty, Gormac P. Glynn, Gerard Maxwell Halley,
Alan V. Kelly, James Dermot Lavery, Francis P.
Malone, Michael Joseph Mangan, Orla Mairin
Muldoon, Donal T. McAuliffe, Anthony F. O.
O'Rourke, Avice M. A. Redmond.
26 candidates attended; 17 passed.
At examinations held on the 7th July 1967
under the Solicitors Act, 1954, the following can–
didates passed :
First Examination
in
Irish :
Owen Martin
Binchy, Thomas James Brooks, Bryan Brophy,
Peter Joseph Clarke, Patrick Francis Clyne, Bren–
dan Comiskey, John Joseph Corcoran, Finbarr
Joseph M. Crowley, Sheelagh Devitt, Thomas A.
M. Fitzpatrick, Fionnuala M. M. Gannon, Golm
Rochford Gaynor, Patrick Joseph Groarke, Aine
Maire Hanley, Gerard Haughton, Niall Hughes,
Brian O'Brien Kenney, Laurence B. P. Kirwan,
Francis Lanigan, Scan Emmanual MacDonnell,
Michael F. McGloughlin, Vivian C. Matthews,
Helena Mary Moran, Declan M. B. Moylan,
David S. Nagle, David D. O'Brien, Con O'Connor,
Grainne O hUadhaigh, James Patrick O'Neill,
Vincent O'Reilly, Michael Collins Powell, John
J. Power, Mary P. M. Redmond, Jacqueline Ryan,
Trinette Ryan, David Anthony Tarrant, Richard
Veale, David Walsh.
38 candidates attended; 38 passed.
Second Examination in Irish :
Fergus E. Appel-
be, Joan Eleanor Daly, Thomas F. Farrell, John
F. Hayes, Elizabeth Heffernan, Michelle M. Lin-
nane, John Patrick Mathews, Oliver G. Matthews,
Orla Mairin Muldoon, James A. Murphy, Don-
ough Harris O'Connor, Roderick C. J. O'Gonnor,
Gerard M. F. O'Keeffe, Mary A. E. Quinn, Mary
M. E. Roche, Charles R. M. de Lacy Staunton.
16 candidates attended; 16 passed.
SCALE OF MINIMUM FEES FOR
CONVEYANCING AND ADVICE ON TITLE
(1) Advising on Title, Requisitions and Deed
and directing searches :
Where
the
consideration
is
under £1,000,
£7-7-0; where the consideration is between £1,000
and £2,000, £9-9-0; between £2,000 and £3,000,
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