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The remaining candidates are postponed.
Ten candidates entered—6 passed, 4 failed.
The Council has awarded a Gold Medal to John
Edward MacCurtain.
The Overend Preliminary Examination Scholar
ship was awarded to Paul Callan (subject to entering
into Indentures before 4th April, 1952).
At examinations held on the 29th and 30th days
o f September, under the Legal Practitioners (Quali
fication) Act, 1929, the following passed the examin
ations :—
First Examination in Irish
Valentine P. J. Carney, John Patrick Clifford,
Michael P. M. Donnelly, Gerard Joseph Dundon,
Patrick Jeremiah Gardiner, John A. Gaynor,
Patrick Anthony Glynn, Daphne Mabel Gordon,
Gordon William Kerr Johnston, Donough Brian
McDonough, Patrick Peter MacMahon, Charles
R. M. Meredith, William A. P. O’Connor, Peter
Aloysius O’Neill, Maurice J. Phelan.
Twenty candidates entered, 15 passed, 2 failed,
3 did not attend.
Second Examination in Irish
Mary A. B. M. E. Callery, Patrick J. Creagh,
Patrick N. Downes, Michael L. Hession, Comghall
U. MacGuill, Ernest James Margetson, Desmond
E. M. Matthews, Matthew F. J. Moore, Brendan
O. M. O’Reilly, Timothy F. O’Toole, Patrick f.
Skehan.
The remaining candidates are postponed.
Twelve candidates entered, n passed, 1 failed.
SOLICITORS’ APPRENTICES’
DEBATING SOCIETY
The Inaugural Meeting of the Solicitors was held
in the Members’ Hall, Solicitors’ Buildings, Four
Courts, Dublin, on Friday, 27th October, 1950.
The President, Mr. W. J. Norman, took the
Chair, and presented the following awards to
members o f the Society :—Oratory : Incorporated
Law Society’s Gold Medal, James Cawley ; Society’s
Silver Medal, Mary Moore; Special Certificate:
William S. O’Brien ; Legal Debate (President’ s
Gold Medal) : Richard Ryan ; Society’s Silver
Medal: Donal Lambe; Impromptu Speeches—
Vice-President’s Gold Medal: Mary Moore ; Vice-
President’s Silver Medal: James Cawley; Irish
Debate : Society’s Gold Medal, Brendan J. Wallace ;
Society’s Silver Medal : Colm Price ; First Year
Speeches : Society’s Silver Medal: James Cawley.
The Auditor, Mr. Richard Ryan, delivered his
Inaugural Address on the subject “ The Latent
Wisdom.”
Mr, Richard Mulcahy, Minister for
Education, proposed and Senator
J. G. Lennon
seconded the following motion which was
carried
unanimously:
“ That the best thanks of the Society be given to
the Auditor for his Address, and that it be printed
at the expense o f the Incorporated Law Society.”
Mr. Sean MacEntee proposed and the Rt. Hon.
Kiilanin seconded the following motion, which was
carried unanimously :—
“ That the Solicitors’ Apprentices’ Debating
Society is worthy o f the support o f the Solicitors’
Apprentices of Ireland, the Council o f the Incor
porated Law Society, and the Solicitors’ Profession.”
The President addressed the meeting and the
proceedings terminated.
PROFESSIONAL ITEMS
Offer to act for both parties.
A solicitor acting for a purchaser torwarded to
the vendor requisitions on title together with a
letter containing the following paragraph :—
“ I f you have a solicitor acting for you will you
please pass the requisitions on to him, but if you
have no solicitor acting for you we will be pleased
to act for you at the reduced fee applicable where
the one solicitor acts for both the vendor and the
purchaser. I f there is no one acting for you,
please advise us immediately.”
The Council of the Law Institute o f Victoria has
ruled that such conduct constitutes a breach of the
Solicitors (Professional Conduct and Practice) Rules.
The Council is also of opinion that it is contrary
to both the spirit and the letter of the Solicitors
(Professional Conduct and Practice) Rules for a 1
solicitor to advertise that he has trust monies to
lend even though the advertisement contains merely 1
his name and address and does not disclose the fact
that he is a solicitor (Law Institute Journal, Victoria,
Australia).
Publicity
A Public Relations Committee has been established
by the Queensland Law Society for the purpose of 1
acting as a link between the profession and the
public and to enable statements to be made on j
matters of general interest to the profession at short
notice. Certain proposals for giving publicity to
the work carried on by solicitors are now under
consideration. It is the aim o f the Society to make
known to the public the advantages o f seeking legal
advice as an ordinary business precaution.
—(Queensland Law Society, Australia.)