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EXAMINATION DATES
ist Law—September jrd and 4th
znd Law—September 3rd and 4th
3rd Law—September 5th, 6th and yth
Book-keeping, September I3th
ist Irish examination—September I4th
znd Irish examination—September i4th and ijth
MODERN LAW PUBLICATIONS
It is hoped to issue the publications on the Civil
Liability Act, 1961 and on the Stamp Duty Legislation
to members who have placed orders in the near
future. The latter has been held up in order to
include the Stamp Duty provisions contained in the
Finance Act, 1962. Orders are still being taken for
the books which are priced at 8/6d. each, including
postage.
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST SOLICITORS
By order of the President of the High Court dated
the nth May, 1962, on an application by the Society,
it was directed that the name of Patrick Cunningham,
who formerly practised at 18 Palmerston Gardens,
Rathmines, Dublin, be struck off the Roll of
Solicitors.
STAMP DUTY ON
INDENTURES OF
APPRENTICESHIP
The Minister for Finance has by order appointed
the ist August, 1962, as the day on which section 17
of the Finance Act, 1962, comes into operation.
Section 17 provides for the termination of the
stamp duties payable on the indentures of apprentice
ship of solicitors' apprentices. By regulations made
under the Solicitors Acts, 1954 and 1960, the Council
of the Society, with the concurrence of the President
of the High Court, have made regulations coming
into operation on the same day and providing for
the increase of the fee payable for entry by the
Registrar of Solicitors of indentures of apprentice
ship from £68 to £82. The result is to transfer the
sum of £14 hitherto payable on the indentures to
the Society. The statutory instruments in question
are
the Finance Act, 1962
(Commencement of
Section 17) Order 1961 (S.I. No. 130 of 1962) and
the Solicitors Acts, 1954 and 1960 (Apprentices
Fees) Regulations 1962 (S.I. No. 131 of 1962). The
orders are available from the Stationery Office,
G.P.O. Arcade, Dublin, prices 3d. nett and 6d. nett
respectively.
NEW HIGH COURT AND SUPREME
COURT RULES
The Superior Court Rules Committee, with the
concurrence of the Minister for Justice, have made
the rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 72 of
1962). The Rules will come into operation on the
ist January, 1963. Copies of the Rules may be
obtained from the Government Publication Sale
Office, G.P.O. Arcade, Dublin i, price 3o/- nett.
INTOXICATING LIQUOR ACT, 1962
The above Act was signed by the President and
became law on the
2nd day of August, 1962.
Of particular interest to members is section 34
which applies
to
temporary transfers of liquor
licenses and this section provides that the power of a
District Justice under the previous licensing acts
to transfer temporarily an on-licence on the death
of the holder shall include a power to transfer the
licence to any person (being a person approved of
by the court and not disqualified by law) nominated
by the executor or administrator of the holder or,
if there be no executor or administrator, by any
person having an interest in the premises to which
the licence relates. The section goes on to provide
that the transfer shall operate to authorise the-
person to whom the licence is transferred to carry
on in business in the premises until the date of the'
sitting of the annual licensing session of the District
Court in the particular court area. The Act is on
sale at the Government Publication Sale Office,
Henry Street Arcade, Dublin (price 4/- nett).
VACATION ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE
LIBRARY
The Library will be closed to readers from the-
16th August to the 8th September, and from the
24th September to the 29th September. The Library
will be open from Monday loth September, at 10 a.m.
to Friday 2ist September,at 5 p.m.,and continuously
from Monday ist October, 1962, at 10 a.m.
Members requiring books urgently should obtain.
them from the office.
DECISIONS OF PROFESSIONAL
INTEREST
Acts of bankruptcy—execution and seizure of debtors-
stock
in
trade—sb'icitor making payments
to various
creditors.
Section i (i) of the Bankruptcy Act, 1914,provides
that seizure by the sheriff of goods and the holding of