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On the motion o f Mr. George A. Overend,
Mr. Thomas A. O’Reilly, Vice-President, took
the Chair. Mr. Overend then proposed a vote of
thanks to the President for his distinguished service
to the Society during his period of office.
The
motion was carried with acclamation. The President
returned thanks and the proceedings terminated.
MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL
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c t o b e r
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t h
.
The President in the Chair. Also
present: Messrs. T. A. O’Reilly and D. P. Shaw,
Vice-Presidents ; James R. Quirke, John Carrigan,
Desmond J. Mayne, Daniel O’Connell, Joseph
Barrett, John R. Halpin, George A. Overend,
Sean
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hUadhaigh, James J. O’Connor, Derrick
M. Martin, D. R. Counahan, John J. Nash, Patrick
R. Boyd, Patrick F. O’Reilly, Arthur Cox, Joseph
P. Tyrrell.
The following was among the business trans
acted :—
Small Dwellings’ (Acquisition) Act Costs
The Secretary submitted a draft scale o f costs to
be charged by solicitors acting for local authorities
against their clients the local authorities in con
nection with mortgages under the above Act. It
Was decided that the draft scale should be circulated
to the solicitors acting for the local authorities for
their observations, and that a representative meeting
o f these solicitors should be summoned as soon as
possible to consider the matter before taking it up
with the Department for Local Government.
Office o f the Revenue Solicitor
It was decided that the Secretary should write to
the Revenue Commissioners submitting that vacan
cies for qualified persons in the Revenue Solicitor’s
Office should be filled by the appointment o f
solicitors.
Delays in the Dublin Corporation
Members wrote to the Society complaining o f
serious delays in the office o f the City Manager. It
was decided that the matter should be taken up with
the City Manager.
Commissioners o f Charitable Donations and
Bequests
The Waterford Law Association wrote drawing
the attention o f the Society to the unreported decision
in the matter o f the Estate o f Elizabeth Roche,
deceased, Kelly v. Noonan, in which it was held by
the High Court in 1924, that a legacy for Masses to
a named Parish Priest did not lapse on the death of
the legatee before the testator but was payable to
his successor as Parish Priest living at the date o f the
death. It was stated that a number o f different cases
which have not been reported are filed in the Office
o f the Commissioners. The Secretary was directed
to write suggesting that the Commissioners should
have these cases published in the
Irish Law Times
and
Solicitor’s Journal,
or that a note thereof be pub
lished in the Society’s
G
a z e t t e
for the information
o f the profession.
N
o v e m b e r
9TH .
The President in the Chair. Also
present: Messrs. Joseph Barrett, John R. Halpin,
Daniel O’Connell, James R. Quirke, Joseph P,
Tyrrell, Reginald J. Nolan, Patrick R. Boyd, Roger
Greene, James J. O’Connor, Gerald J. O’Donnell,
John J. Nash, Desmond R. Counahan, Sean
Q hUadhaigh, John Carrigan.
The following was among the business :—
Admission o f Solicitors—Reciprocity between
Canada and Ireland
O
n
report from the Committee the Council
considered correspondence from the Department
o f External Affairs inquiring under what conditions
a Canadian National would be admitted to practise
as a solicitor in the Republic o f Ireland. It was
decided to reply that, subject to reciprocity, a
citizen o f any o f the Provinces o f Canada would
be entitled to be admitted as an apprentice to a
solicitor, and would be subsequently admitted as a
solicitor having complied with the Society’s regu
lations and passed the necessary examinations.
The Secretary was directed to ascertain whether
there is reciprocity in the Canadian Provinces
in regard to Irish Nationals.
Department o f External Affairs and Foreign
Estates
T
he
Council considered a report from a Committee
on correspondence with a member o f the Society
which disclosed that the Irish Consul in New
York had written direct to a client o f the solicitor
offering the services of the Department in connection
with the right o f the client to a share in an estate
being administered by the United States Courts.
The Secretary was directed to write to the Depart
ment of-External Affairs referring to an arrangement
made in 1945 whereby the Department agreed that
in such cases the intervention o f the Irish Repre
sentatives abroad should be limited to ascertaining
the name of the client’s solicitor and getting in
touch with him, and that the Secretary should state
that the action o f the Irish Consul in the present
case was a breach o f the arrangement.
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