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ACCOUNTANT'S CERTIFICATES
In the course of a normal year the Society will
receive approximately 1,300 Accountant's Cer
tificates from members. In the absence of notifi
cation to the contrary, a member who sends in an
Accountant's Certificate to the Society may as
sume that it is in order. If the certificate is not
received, or if any question arises on it the mem
ber will be notified. The Council hope that this
procedure will be understood by members, as the
necessity of issuing a separate acknowledgement
for each Accountant's Certificate received would
throw a considerable additional burden of work
on the Society's staff.
CORRESPONDENCE
re: Registry of Deeds
Dear Sir,
We act for the Purchasers in a sale which is
now nearing completion. Due to complex title
difficulties arising this sale has long ago overun
its Contract closing date and it is not yet possible
to tell with precision when exactly the Sale will
be closed but it should be closed within say the
next month, or six weeks.
Counsel his directed a negative Search in the
Registry of Deeds on behalf of the Purchasers.
Recently we wrote Messrs. Tighe & Son asking
them to initiate this negative Search on our behalf
and they have now replied as follows:
"Before we do anything
in
this matter
(initiating the negative Search), we think it
only fair to tell you that negative Searches
are taking over two months before same are
ready to be inspected
in the Registry of
Deeds Office. Negative Searches we lodged
as far back as last August are not yet ready
for
inspection. Under these circumstances,
would you settle for a verified Hand Search
instead".
Obviously under these circumstances we will
have to settle for the Verified Hand Search but we
consider
the
circumstances whereby negative
Searches in the Registry of Deeds take more than
two months before they can be inspected an in
tolerable position.
We would be grateful if you would place this
letter before your Society's relevant Committee for
t'hem to make a strong protest and complaint to
the Registrar. Perhaps if enough complaints were
funnelled to the Registrar his Superiors would
have to supply him with the necessary further staff
or whatever.
Yours truly,
Farrell & Farrell.
Solicitors,
Waterford.
re: Apprentices: Social Welfare
A Chara,
I am directed by the Minister for Social Wel
fare to refer to your recent letter concerning the
insurability of solicitors' apprentices under the
Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Act, 1966
and to inform you that provision was made in the
Social Welfare (Insurable (Occupational Injuries)
Employment) Regulatione, 1967 (S.I. No. 80 of
1967) where by any employment which has been
exclluded from social insurance on the grounds
that it is of inconsiderable extent shall not be ex
cluded from insurance for occupational injuries
purposes. Persons,
including solicitors' appren
tices; in employment of inconsiderable extent are
liable to suffer injury during the course of such
employment and should, accordingly, be eligible
to receive occupational injuries benefit. No ex
clusion on the ground that employment is of in
considerable extent was made in the Workmen's
Compensation Acts, 1934 to 1955, and it is not
intended
that occupational
injuries
insurance
should have a more limited application than those
Acts. Occupational injuries insurance is wider in
many respects than insurance for other benefits
under the Social Welfare Acts, including not only
employment of inconsiderable extent but also em
ployment which is excluded from insurance for
other purposes under the Social Welfare (Sub
sidiary Employment) Regulations, 1953 (S.I. No.
18 of 1953) and casual employment in or about
the residence of the employer. Consequently, the
Minister is not prepared to extend the provisions
of the Social Welfare (Employment of Inconsider
able Extent) (No. 2) Regulations, 1953, to cover
occupational injuries insurance.
I am to add that the insurance of solicitors'
apprentices for occupational injuries purposes is
in accordance with the intentions of the legislature
(v. Report of Dail Eireann, 3rd February, 1966,
cols 837-42 and 8th February, 1966, cols 1066-7).
Solicitors' apprentices are also insurable under
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