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Vol. 63
No. 3
July-August
1969
THE INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY
OF
President
EUNAN McCARRON
IRELAND
Vice-Presidents
JAMES R. C. GREEN
JAMES W. O'DONOVAN
Secretary
ERIC A. PLUNKETT
Assistant Secretary
JOSEPH G. FINNEGAN
CONTENTS
Proceedings of the Council ...............
29
In the News
.................................... 31
Estate Duly Practice
........................
33
Finance Act
1969:
Part I ..................
33
Part II
.................. 34
Part VI ...............
34
Part V ..................
35
Practice Note
.................................... 35
Matriculation Examination ..................
35
Correspondence
................................. 35
Medico-Legal Society of Ireland .........
35
Recent Decisions
.............................. 36
Security for Costs
.............................. 36
Land Registry
................................. 37
Book Review
.................................... 38
Solicitors' Apprentices News
............. 38
The Registry
.................................... 39
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNCIL
May 8th
The President in the chair, also present Messrs.
John B. Jermyn, Christopher Hogan, Bruce St. J.
Blake, Joseph L. Dundon, James W. O'Donovan,
James R. C. Green, Desmond J. Collins, Brendan
A. McGrath, Desmond Moran, Robert McD.
Taylor, Walter Beatty, Thomas J. Fitzpatrick,
George A. Nolan, Peter D. M. Prentice, Gerard
M. Doyle, Ralph J. Walker, John Maher, Gerald
Hickey, Senator J.
J. Nash,
John Carrigan,
Norman T. J. Spendlove, and Thomas Jackson.
The following was among the business transacted.
Hotel and guest house grants
A member drew atention to the fact that certain
grants are made for hotels and guest houses by
Bord Failte Eireann on condition that if the house
is sold within three years the grant must be repaid
and suggested that this is a matter which might
affect the title. While it does not appear that the
obligation to repay the grant is anything more
than a personal liability of the grantee it was
decided that the matter should be investigated and
that an appropriate statement should be published
in the Gazette in due course. The same position
may arise in regard to certain other grants.
Leases—adjudication for stamp duty.
The President and the Secretary met representa
tives of the Revenue Commissioners to suggest