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MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL
FEBRUARY 7TH: The President in the chair, also
present Messrs. Desmond J. Collins, Dinnen B.
Gilmore, James R. C. Green, Peter D. M. Prentice,
John Carrigan, Thomas J. Fitzpatrick, Niall S.
Gaffney, George G. Overend, Ralph J. Walker,
Thomas A. O'Reilly, John Maher, Charles Hyland,
Rory O'Connor, Richard Knight, Desmond Moran,
Eunan McCarron, Robert McD. Taylor, T. V.
O'Connor, Gerard M. Doyle, Edward Dillon,
Brendan A. McGrath, George A. Nolan, John J.
Nash, Peter E. O'Connell, Daniel J. O'Connor,
James W. O'Donovan, Raymond A. French.
The meeting passed in silence a vote of sympathy
with the family of the late Henry P. Mayne, a former
President of the Society.
The President stated that a telegram of condolence
on the death of Cardinal D'Alton had been sent by
the Society to His Grace, the Archbishop of Dublin,
and an acknowledgment received.
The following was among the business transacted :
Presentation of admission parchments
It was resolved that in the future admission
parchments will be provided at the expense of the
Society for presentation to newly admitted solicitors.
Road Traffic Act prosecutions. Costs.
The following resolution was passed unanimously
by the Council:
i. In the opinion of this Society seven guineas is
the minimum proper fee which should be
accepted by a member for either
(a)
attending
a coroner's inquest or
(b)
attending a court of
summary jurisdiction to defend any proceedings
under sections 52 or 53 of the Road Traffic
Act, 1961, or
(c)
attending to observe such
proceedings
and
in any of such cases supplying
a proper report of the proceedings, provided
that where the proceedings are conducted in
a town other than the town where a solicitor
has his principal office there should be a
reasonable addition for time and travelling
expenses.
2. A proper report on the proceedings means a
report giving the names of the witnesses with
a summary of the evidence given by each and
an appreciation of the effect of the evidence on
the question of civil liability for damages.
3. A minimum fee does not apply in cases of
exceptional difficulty or responsibility. Reason
able additional fees should be paid in such
cases.
The Secretary was directed to send a copy of the
foregoing resolution to the secretary of each bar
association.
District Court Rules Committee
On the expiration of the term of office of
Mr. Edward H. Byrne, one of the Society's
representatives on the committee who had indicated
that he did not wish to be re-appointed, it was
unanimously resolved that Mr. Richard Knight be
appointed in his place. The Council thanked Mr.
Byrne for his services.
Adjudication of a lease, costs
Members submitted to the Council an agreed
statement of the following facts for consideration :
A client agreed to employ a builder to build a
house on a certain plot and the builder agreed to
procure a lease of the plot to the client.
The
agreement for the lease contained the following
clause :
" 2
(b}
The said lease and a counterpart thereof
shall be prepared, stamped and registered
by the lessor's solicitor whose legal fees of
£12 i2s. od. shall be paid by the lessee.
All stamp duty, registration fees and other
outlay of or incidental thereto shall be paid
by the lessee."
The lease was duly prepared and executed by the
parties but when presented for stamping the marking
officer required adjudication and the lease was in due
course adjudicated and finally stamped and registered.
The lessor's solicitors claimed an extra fee of
£4 45.
od. in respect of the adjudication but the
lessee's solicitors contended that the bulk fee of
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