391 / 736
arising from underwriting activities carried on in London,
and also similar profits from dollar investments, are to
be included in the computation of the taxpayers' profits
as reinsurers for the purposes of Case I of Schedule D
of the Income Tax Act, 1952.
Albsrma Investments Ltd. v. same.
Chancery Division 27/1/70.
Words and Phrases
" Express consent :' in section 59 of the Town Police
Clauses Act, 1847, which renders a taxicab driver liable
to penalty if he permits any person other than the hirer
to be carried without his express consent, means " posi
tive ccnsent, not an acquiescence in the form of an
implied consent."
Yates v. Gates. Q.B.D., 22/1/70.
As land for the purposes of the Land Drainage Act,
1930, was divided into districts by reference to the surface
ot the land and, once delineated, the district extended
above and below the surface; "a portion" of the district
must also be an area of that surface and must also extend
above and below the land. Their Lordships, Lord Wilber-
fcrce and Lord Pearson dissenting, so held when allowing
an appeal by the Trent River Authority and the Newark
Area Internal Drainage Board from the decision of the
Court of Appeal (the Master of the Rolls and Lord Justice
Davies, Lord Justice Widgery dissenting) on January 28,
1969. Their Lordships held that the respondents, the
National Coal Board, were liable to pay rates levied by the
Newark Area Internal Drainage Board on them as the
owners and occupiers of a mine i,30oft. below the surface,
although no benefit was derived by the Coal Board from
the appellants' drainage works.
Trent River Authority v. National Coal Board. Newark
Area Internal Drainage Board v. the same.
House of Lords, 11/2/70.
ACTS
OF THE OIREACHTAS 1969
No.
Title
Signed
by President
(1) PUBLIC ACTS
1. Agricultural Produce (Cereals)
(Amendment) Act 1969
2. Telephone Capital Act 1969
3. Electoral( Amendment) Act 1969
4. Export Piomotion (Amendment)
Act 1969
5. Insurance Act 1969
6 Agricultural Credit Act 1969
7. Holycross Abbey (Co. Tipperary)
Act 1969
8. Industrial Grants (Amendment)
Act 1969
9. Nelson Pillar Act 1969
10. Bretton Woods Agreement
(Amendment) Act 1969
11. Shipping Investment (Grants)
Act 1969
12. Electricity (Special Provisions)
(Repeal) Act 1969
13. Curragh of Kidare Act 1969
14. Industrial Relations Act 1969
15. Collection of Taxes (Confirmation)
Act 1969
nth March 1969
25th March 1969
26th March 1969
26th March 1969
2nd April 1969
29th April 1969
2gth April 1969
2gth April 1969
29th April 1969
30th April 1969
2oth May 1969
27th May 1969
27th May 1969
3rd June 1969
15th July 1969
16.
17-
18.
19-
21.
22.
23-
24.
26.
27-
28.
29-
3°-
31.
32.
33-
Housing Act 1969
Agricultural Workers (Holidays
and Wages) Act 1969
Post Office (Amendment) Act 1969
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act 1969
Air Companies (Amendment)
Act 1969
Finance Act 1969
Grass Meal Production
(Amendment) Act 1969
Decimal Currency Act 1969
Land Bond Act 1969
National Stud Act 1969
National University of Ireland
Act 1969
National Building Agency
Limited (Amendment) Act 1969
Restrictive Trade Practices
(Confirmation of Jewellery, Watches
and! Clocks Order 1968) Act 1969
Immature Spirits (Restriction) 8th December 1969
Act 1969
Appropriation Act 1969
Transport Act 1969
Industrial Development Act
1969
Impositicn of Duties (Confir
mation of Orders) Act 1969
15th July 1969
15th July 1969
22nd July 1969
25th July 1969
29th July 1969
29th July 1969
29th July 1969
3Oth July 1969
3oth July 1969
30th July 1969
2nd August 1969
12th November 1969
12th November 1969
I3th December 1969
24th December 1969
24th December 1969
24th December 1969
(2) PRIVATE ACT
The Institution of Civil
Engineers in Ireland (Charter
Amendment) Act 1969
nth February 1969
SOLICITORS' DUTIES
SOLICITORS
are of course, officers of the
Supreme Court and it is their duty in litigation,
no less than it is that of counsel, to ensure that all
relevant facts are brought to the notice of the
Court so that justice may be properly administered.
So much is fully understood, but solicitors are
increasingly disturbed by the tendency to lay
duties upon them which add to the perils of their
work, and make them liable to penalties which
are inordinately onerous. Many now feel that if
anything goes wrong they will find themselves
automatically under criticism without an oppor
tunity to show that they are not at fault. (In
passing, it may be mentioned that members of
the Bar have recently been reminded by their
Council that they have a duty to represent the
interests of their solicitor clients before the Court
no less than those of the fay clients. If, for
example, an unexpected criticism of the solicitor
descends from the Bench about matters on which
it was no part of counsel's duty to be informed,
he can ask for an adjournment in order that he
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