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solicitors' offices were now operating a five day week
Saturday should be a
dies non
for the service of
court proceedings as Sunday is. The Council decided
that no general recommendation should be issued on
the subject but that the Society's representative on the
Superior Court Rules Committee should be asked to
enquire from the committee whether it would be
possible to introduce a rule providing that where the
last day for serving any document or taking any
steps expires on a Saturday, the period should be
extended so as to expire on the following Monday.
Lecture by a solicitor
Amember enquired if there would be any objection
to his delivering a lecture to a meeting of the Sup
eriors of certain religious orders on the subject of the
advantages or otherwise of incorporation for relig
ious communities for thepurposeofholding property.
Member would not be getting any fee for delivering
the lecture and if the lecture is published his name
will not appear over it. The Council on a report from
a committee stated that there would be no objection
to member giving the lecture referred to.
Costs of approving draft memorial of a lease
where the lease is registered by the
lessee's solicitor
A member acted for the lessors of property. A
new lease was negotiated and on the zist July, 1960
the agents for the lessor wrote to the lessee's solicitor
quoting the terms of the new lease and stating that
the lessee would be responsible for the costs of the
lessor's solicitor in connection with a new lease and
in connection with registering the same. The lessee's
solicitors agreed in writing to the terms of this letter
and in due course returned the draft lease approved
of and stated that they would have it registered on
their client's signature and would prepare a memorial
in due course. Member requested that a draft mem
orial be submitted for approval and the lessee's
solicitors refused to do this. Opinion 38 of the
Council states that it is the right of the solicitor for
a lessee, should he so desire, in the absence of
agreement to the contrary, to prepare the memorial
and register the lease at the expense of his client.
Opinion 39 states that where the memorial for
registering a lease is prepared by the solicitor for the
lessee, the solicitor for the lessor is entitled to be
paid by the lessee the costs of approving of and
obtaining the execution of a memorial under Schedule
II in addition to all other charges to which he may
be entitled. On the basis that the lessee's solicitors
were entitled to register the lease as there was no
agreement to the contrary the Council, on a report
from a committee, were of opinion that the lessee's
solicitors should submit a draft memorial for approval
by the lessor's solicitors and that the lessee was liable
for the costs of the lessor's solicitors of approving
the draft memorial, chargeable under Schedule II.
ACQUISITION OF LAND (ASSESSMENT
OF COMPENSATION) FEES RULES, 1962
The above order was signed by the Minister for
Finance on the 23rd March, 1962 and it has effect as
regards applications made under Rule 2 of the
Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation)
Fees Rules 1920 made after the 3151 March, 1962
and as respects awards of and hearings before
arbitrators appointed pursuant to such applications
made after that date. The order revises the fees
chargeable for the services of the property arbitrator
appointed under the Acquisition ofLand(Assessment
of Compensation) Act 1919. The order is available
from the Government Publication Office, Henry
Street Arcade, Dublin (price 4d., postage 2d. extra.).
EMPLOYMENT REGULATION ORDER
(LAW CLERKS JOINT LABOUR COM
MITTEE) 1962
The above order was signed on the 29th March,
1962 and it fixes new minimum rates of pay as and
from the 9th April, 1962 for certain workers em
ployed in solicitors' offices. The order is available
from the Government Publications Office, Henry
Street Arcade, Dublin (price 9d., postage 2d. extra.)
CORRECTION
In the CIRCULAR LETTER sent to all members with
the March issue of THE GAZETTE it was stated that
the recent Government White Paper on Law Reform
was available from the Government Publications
Office, price 4d. (postage 2d. extra.). This is not
correct as it should have read " price i/6d. (postage
zd. extra) ". Any members who have ordered and
have forwarded cash on the basis that the price was
4d. are requested to forward the balance in order to
enable the Government Publications Office to deal
with their orders.
MEDICO-LEGAL SOCIETY OF IRELAND
The last meeting of the Society for the current
Session was held in the Royal Hibernian Hotel on
Monday 26th March, 1962 when the Earl of Long
ford, P.C., gave an address on " The Theory of
Punishment". In England,
there were approx
imately three times as many criminals as in Ireland, and
three times as many crimes were committed as before
the Second World War; there were no less than
29,000 convicted prisoners now. There were two
schools of thought—those who regarded punishment
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