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the High Court for appointment to the Com
mittee.
Professional Privilege
A member of the Society who acted for a client
accepted a £5 note in discharge of certain costs. It
transpired later that this particular £5 note had
been stolen from a person employed in the same
premises
as
the
client. The note had been
marked with a particular dye and the Gardai were
in a position to identify it. It was traced to mem
ber's office and member was asked by the Gardai
to make a statement. The Council stated, on a
request for guidance that member must plead
privilege. He should not give any statement to
the Gardai or any person without the client's
consent. He must obey any ruling of the Court
on the question of privilege.
Branch office
The Council did not approve of a proposal by
a member to publish a press notice that he would
be available to clients at a branch office on certain
days. The existing ruling of the Council that press
notices concerning branch offices should not be
published was maintained.
May 14th
The President in the chair also present: Messrs.
Brendan McGra
Thomas V. O'Connor, Francis
J. Lanigan, John
^rrigan, Ralph J. Walker,
Thomas Jackson, John K. Coakley, Thomas J.
Fitzpatrick, Patrick Noonan, James W. O'Don-
ovan, William A. Osborne, Joseph L. Dundon,
Peter E. O'Connell, Peter D. M. Prentice, Gerald
Hickey, Norman, T. J. Spendlove, Senator J. J.
Nash, Gerard M. Doyle, Desmond Moran, Patrick
F. O'Donnell, Christopher Hogan, Walter Beatty,
W. B. Alien, Mrs. Moya Quinlan, Rory O'Connor,
Humphrey P. Kelliher, Bruce St. J. Blake, John
O'Meara, Eunan McCarron, Augustus Cullen, D.
R. Pigot, P. C. Moore, Robert McD. Taylor.
The following was among the business trans
acted.
Schedule 2 costs
On a report from the Secretary it was decided
to make an application to the statutory body under
the Solicitors Remuneration Act 1881
for the
introduction of
the "new Schedule 2" system
which has been in operation in England since
1953. A special committee was appointed to draft
the application.
Builders' advertisments
The Council disapproved of an advertisement
published by builders in Dublin including a state
ment that "all fees are included in this price". The
Secretary was directed to write to the solicitors
for the builders concerned.
Counsel appearing without Solicitor
On
representations received by a
local bar
association, the Council directed the Secretary to
write to the Secretary of the Bar Council pointing
out that it is contrary to professional practice for
counsel to appear in a local court unaccompanied
by his instructing solicitor or a representative from
the solicitor's office.
Administration bond—change of solicitor
A member who acted for an administatrix for
whom he had obtained an insurance company's
bond asked for guidance as to the position where
the
administatrix
terminated her
instructions
during the administration. The Council stated that
member would be entitled to notify the insurance
company that the retainer had been discharged.
Building contracts—restrictive provision
The Council stated that they viewed with con
cern the increase in the number of cases in which
a solicitor acting for a builder furnishes a building
contract engrossed and ready for signature and
refuses to consider any alteration. The Council
strongly disapprove of this practice.
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Notes of Irish Cases
(1959-1968). compiled by
Edward F. Ryan, 8 vo. Pp. XV — 94 —
Cork U.P, 1970, 25/-.
This is
the second volume of Notes of Irish
cases v/hich Professor Ryan has comoiled. The