The Gazette 1976

THE INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND

GAZETTE

SEPTEMBER 1976

VOL. 70. NO. 7

PRACTISING CERTIFICATES I

The purpose is to ensure that —

(a) T h a t Solicitors obliged to do so will take out

their Practising Certificates each year, and

(b) T h a t Solicitors' Ac c o un t a n t s' Certificates at no

time b e c ome more than 12 mo n t hs in arrear.

In early Ma r ch of e a ch year, the Society will

prepare a list of those Solicitors :-

(i)

W h o had not applied to the Society for the

issue of a Practising Certificate by the last day of

February in that year, and

(ii)

Wh o se Accountants' Certificates were on the last

clay of February in that year mo re than six mo n t hs in

arrear.

The Society wo u ld then write to each Solicitor

on the list i n f o rmi ng him :-

(a)

Either that no application had been received

from him for his Practising Certificate or that delivery

of his Ac c o un t a n t s' Certificate was six mo n t hs or mo re

in arrear, and (in the ease of the Solicitor wh o se

Accounts' Certificate was in arrear) that the Society

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wo u ld (under Section 49 of the Solicitors Act 1954-60)

direct the Registrar to refuse to issue a Practising

Certificate to that Solicitor until the required Ac c o u n t-

ants' Certificate (or Certificates) had b e en delivered by

the Solicitor to the Society.

(b) T h a t, if the Society had not received an applic-

ation from the Solicitor entitling him to issue of his

Practising Certificate for that year or the required

Accountants' Certificate (as the ease m i g ht be) by

31st Ma r ch in that year, his n ame wo u ld a p p e ar in

a list of Solicitors (to be published in the L aw Societv's

Ga z e t te at the first opportunity thereafter) in respect

of w h om no Practising Certificates for that year were

in force and w h o accordingly were not entitled to act

as Solicitors.

(c) T h a t if 1 íe c o n t i nu ed to practise after the 31st

Ma r ch of that year w i t h o ut b a s i ng a Practising Cer-

tificate in force, the Society wo u ld lie c omp e l l ed to

mo ve to have the Solicitor prosecuted u n d er Section 55

of the Solicitors' Acts 1954-60 for a c t i ng as a Solicitor

whilst being in fact unqualified to d o so.

FORMING

A COMPANY?

Why Worry?

The Law Society provides a quick service

based on a standard form of Memorandum

and Articles of Association. Where necessary

the standard form can be amended, at an

extra charge, to suit the special requirements

of any individual case.

In addition to private companies limited by

shares, the service will also form :—

• unlimited companies

• companies limited by guarantee. Also

shelf companies. Company seals and

record books are available at competitive

rates.

Full information is available from :

COMPANY FORMATION SERVICE

INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND

SOLICITORS' BUILDINGS, FOUR COURTS

DUBLIN 7.

SOCIETY OF

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