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COMMITTEES OF THE COUNCIL,
1963-64
1. REGISTRAR'S :
Desmond Moran, Chairman; Augustus Cullen,
Dinnen B. Gilmore, James R. Green, Brendan A.
McGrath, William A. Osborne, Ralph J. Walker.
2. COMPENSATION FUND :
Desmond Moran, Chairman; Augustus Cullen,
Dinnen B. Gilmore, James R. Green, Brendan A.
McGrath, William A. Osborne, Ralph J. Walker.
3. FINANCE, LIBRARY AND PUBLICATIONS :
Niall S. Gaffhey, Chairman; Francis Armstrong,
Joseph P. Black, George Nolan, John C. O'Carroll,
R. J. O'Connor, George G. Overend, C. J. Daly.
4. PARLIAMENTARY :
Senator Thomas
J.
Fitzpatrick, Chairman;
Senator John J. Nash, Patrick O'Donnell, T.D.
5. PRIVILEGES :
Raymond A. French, Chairman; Thomas H.
Bacon, John Carrigan, Edward Dillon, Gerard M.
Doyle, George A. Nolan, Reginald Nolan, Edward
Treacy, Gerald J. Moloney.
6. COURT AND OFFICES :
Daniel J. O'Connor, Chairman ; Richard Knight,
Senator J. J. Nash, Thomas V. O'Connor, James W.
O'Donovan, John I. Horgan, John F. Foley.
7. COURT OF EXAMINERS :
Eunan McCarron, Chairman;
Thomas A.
O'Reilly, Peter D. M. Prentice, Robert McD.
Taylor, William A. Tormey.
The President, Vice-Presidents and immediate
Past President
ex-officio
are members of all committees
except
the Registrar's and Compensation Fund
Committee.
EXTRAORDINARY MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL OF THE
INCORPORATED
LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND
Southern Law Association
C. J. Daly, J. F. Foley, Gerald J. Moloney,
John Ivor Horgan.
Dublin Solicitors' Bar Association
Gerard M. Doyle, Richard Knight, Roderick J.
O'Connor.
DINNER DANCE
The Society's Annual Dinner Dance was held in.
the Shelbourne Rooms, Dublin, on 2ist November,
1963; over 360 guests attended. This year for the
first time a number of tickets were allocated for the
Solicitors' Apprentices Debating Society who took
up about 60 tickets and added to the gaiety and
vigour of the proceedings. It is hoped to provide
the same facility in future years for the members of
the Debating Society.
EXAMINATION DATES
Examination
ist Law
2nd Law
Preliminary ...
3rd Law
ist and znd Irish
Book-keeping
Dates
3rd and 4th Feb.
3rd and 4th Feb.
4th and 5th Feb.
5th, 6th, 7th Feb.
14th February
24th February
Final date
for entries
13th Jan.
i3th Jan.
14th Jan.
15 th Jan.
24th Jan.
3rd Feb.
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SOLICITORS' REMUNERATION
GENERAL ORDERS, 1884-1960.
GROSS SUM BILL
In re : Shipping Construction Corporation, Ltd.,
the defendants instructed the plaintiffs who were
then their solicitors to do work in relation to three
matters (i) the promotion of the defendant company,
(2) a mortgage debenture, (3) a contract known as
the Mohawk contract, (4) a contract known as the
Nevrata contract.
The clients were entitled to
indemnification by another company in respect of
charge (4). The amount in the debenture at (2) was
£3,900,000. The plaintiff-solicitors furnished a gross
sum bill for £1,700 including counsel's fees in
respect of charges (i), (2) and (3) which included
a charge of £105
in respect of the mortgage
debenture at charge (2). A separate gross sum bill
was furnished in respect of the Nevrata contract
charge (4) and no question arose as the clients and
the company by which
they were indemnified
accepted the bill. The defendant company considered
the charge of £1,700 at (i), (2) and (3) excessive
and asked for details but their new solicitors stated
that they would recommend the clients to pay the
charge of £105 for the mortgage debenture at
(z)
and the Nevrata contract charge at (4). They stated
that they would require a detailed bill before advising
the clients.
The plaintiff-solicitors furnished a
detailed bill showing an amount greatly in excess
of the sum of £i ,700 charged in the gross sum bill
for charges fi), (2) and (3). The defendants refused
to sign the requisition to tax on the ground that