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Vol. 55
No. 1
May,
1961
THE GAZETTE
INCORPORATED
President
RALPH J. WALKER
of the
LAW
SOCIETY
OF
Vice-Presidents
GEORGE G. OVEREND
JOHN MAHER
IRELAND
Secretary
ERIC A. PLUNKETT
FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE
Meeting of the Council
Conflict of Interest
Courts (Establishment and Constitution} Sill,
1959
Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Bill,
1959
Proceedings against unqualified person
Auctioneers and House Agents Act,
1947
Mayo Solicitors Bar Association ...
County Roscommon Bar Association
Two or More Senior Counsel
Decisions of Professional Interest ...
Discipline in the Profession Exercised by Judges in
Colonial Territories ...
Accused sentforwardfor Trial by Attorney-General
The Registry
Page
MEETING OF THE COUNCIL
MAY i STH : The President in the chair, also present
Messrs. James J. O'Connor, John Maher, Augustus
Cullen, J. Bernard MacGarry, Brendan T. Walsh,
A. Cox, William A. Tormey, James W. O'Donovan,
Terence De Vere White, Charles W. Hyland,
Eunan McCarron, D. B. Gilmore, Desmond J.
Collins, Robert McD. Taylor, James R. C. Green,
Peter D. M. Prentice, Derrick M. Martin, Patrick
O'Donnell, John J. Sheil, Desmond Moran, John
R. Halpin, Niall S. Gaffney, John J. Nash, George
G. Overend, Cornelius J. Daly, Patrick Noonan.
The following was among the business transacted:
Conflict of
interest
A member was consulted by a lady who was
injured while a passenger in a motor vehicle driven
by her husband. The husband subsequently died,
although not as a result of any injuries received in
the accident, and the widow consulted member with
a view to making a claim against the other party.
For
this purpose member obtained
from
the
insurance company which issued the policy covering
the deceased driver a copy of the accident report
form made by the deceased and certain other infor–
mation. Having considered these documents member
advised the widow that she could not succeed in a