The Gazette 1961

£12 izs. od. was all that was payable. It was argued

by the lessor's solicitors that the word " stamped "

in clause 2 (&) did not cover adjudication which was

instead covered by the words " or incidental

thereto ". The lessee's solicitors contended that the

obligation to stamp and register could not be carried

out unless the lease was first adjudicated and that the

lease, being one of many granted by the lessor, they

must have known that adjudication was required and

a specified fee should have been included in the

contract if it was intended to claim one.

The Council on a report from a committee decided

that the lessor's solicitors were not entitled to the

extra fee of £4 45. od. claimed in respect of the

adjudication of the deed as it is included in the

agreed fee of £12 125. od. lessor's costs to be paid

by the lessee under clause 2

(b)

of the contract.

Recovery of a gaming debt.

A member was instructed by a client to recover

a gaming debt due to him by a bookmaker and

advised that no action lay. The Society has advised

members in the past that the institution or threat of

such proceedings is unprofessional. Member referred

to the statement to that effect in the Society's

GAZETTE for February, 1958, and enquired if there

would be any objection to his writing on the

instructions of his client to the bookmaker concerned

stating that he had received instructions to oppose

the renewal of the bookmaker's licence failing

payment of his client's claim.

The Council on a report from a committee stated

that there could be no objection to member writing

to the bookmaker on the client's instructions stating

simply that he had received instructions to oppose

the renewal of his licence.

MARCH yTH: The President in the chair, also

present Messrs. Thomas A. O'Reilly, Desmond J.

Collins, George G. Overend, Niall S. Gaffney,

John J. Nash, Edward Dillon, Desmond Moran,

Raymond A. French, Peter D. M. Prentice, Edmund

Hayes, James R. C. Green, Thomas J. Fitzpatrick,

Dinnen B. Gilmore, Ralph J. Walker, Peter E.

O'Connell, John C. O'Carroll, Reginald J. Nolan,

Timothy J. C. O'Keeffe, Francis Armstrong,

Augustus Cullen, John Maher, Robert McD.

Taylor, John Carrigan, William A. Osborne, Rory

O'Connor, Patrick O'Donnell, Eunan McCarron,

James W. O'Donovan, Patrick Noonan, Gerard M.

Doyle, Richard Knight, Charles Hyland, George A.

Nolan, Brendan A. McGrath, Daniel J. O'Connor.

Examination results

The report of the Court of Examiners on the

results of the preliminary, first and second Irish and

first law examinations was adopted and the results

declared as follows :

At the preliminary examination for intending

apprentices to solicitors held on the jth and 6th

days of February the following candidates passed :

Passed with merit:

Charles C. R. M. Staunton.

Passed:

Andrew J. O. Donnelly, Conor C. Foley,

Oliver Mullen.

4 candidates attended ; 4 passed.

The Council has awarded a Special Certificate to

Charles C. R. M. Staunton.

At examinations held on the ist February under

the Solicitors Act, 1954, the following candidates

passed :

First examination in Irish:

Philip Brady, Eric

Brunker, Oliver D. Byrne, Rosemary Caine, David

Cox, Brian A. Gartlan, James Heney, Roger F.

Hurley, Pamela M. F. Hussey, Richard V.

Lovegrove, Donal T. McAuliffe, Paul M.

McLoughlin, Michael J. McMenamin, Michael

J. D. Mangan, Brendan O'Mahony.

18 candidates attended ; 15 passed.

Second examination in Irish :

Patrick J. Connellan,

Joseph T. A. Deane, James N. Dudley, Thomas D.

Durcan, John Vincent Glynn, John Gore-Grimes,

John Paul Hayes, Michael B. Hegarty, Peter ].

McMahon, Patrick F. O'Donnell, William F.

O'Driscoll, Anna M. O'Shea, Austin Turnbull.

13 candidates attended; 13 passed.

At the first law examination for apprentices to

solicitors held on the 4th and jth days of February,

the following candidates passed :

William M. Cahir, Thomas W. Enright, Yvonne

Fagan, Sarah Gallian, Thomas F. Griffin, Michael

B. Hegarty, Declan J. Howley, Eugene P. Hunt

(B.A.), Kieran C. McDermott, Cyril M. Osborne,

Mary B. Raleigh (B.A.), John J. Rochford (B.C.L.),

lan A. Scott, John R. Sweeney, Austin Turnbull,

Brendan D. Walsh.

26 candidates attended ; 16 passed.

The Centenary prize was not awarded.

Compensation Fund payments

A report from the Compensation Fund Committee

recommending payment of claims made against the

fund was adopted unanimously.

Solicitor incurring expense on behalf of

client.

Disclosure of client's name and

address

Members acted for plaintiffs in proceedings for

negligence in February, 1957. For the purpose of

the proceedings they required an account for the