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ROAD TRAFFIC PROSECUTIONS
MINIMUM FEES.
Defence o f members o f Automobile Associa
tion and Royal Irish Automobile Club
T
he
Council have adopted the following as the
proper scale o f costs to be charged by solicitors
defending prosecutions under the Road Traffic Acts
on the instructions o f the above-mentioned bodies,
which have been notified thereof by the Society
(a)
Where a solicitor is retained to defend a prose
cution at a Court in the town where he carries on
his practice, a fee o f t\^o guineas, and when he is
retained to defend a prosecution in a Court situate
in a town where he does not carry on practice, a
fee of three guineas ;
(b)
the fees for defending a
second or subsequent cases on the same day at the
same Court should be the same as in the first case,
except where the defence arises out o f the same facts'
and is conducted on behalf o f the same defendant
as in the first case, in which event the fee for the
second and each subsequent case shall be one guinea j
(r) in cases of a serious nature or involving additional
work and responsibility, the above scale shall not
apply and a special fee should be required. Mem
bers are requested to adhere to the prescribed scale
of fees.
1
he above mentioned scale applies only
where
the defence is conducted on behalf o f the A. A. of
the R.I.A.C. In other cases the minimum fees are
as stated in the Society’s Gazette o f April, 1949,
page 68, and November, 1949, page 26.
REGISTER A
A
ssistant
S
olicitor
(Lady) required by firm in provincial
fctate any previous experience and salary required.
Box No. A 12S.
REGISTER C
W
anted
1923
Acts of the Oireachtas.
Messrs. Maguire and
Maguire, Solicitors, Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim.
OBITUARY
M
r
.
A
lbert
E.
P
rentice
,
Solicitor, died at his
residence, 18 Sydney Avenue, Blackrock, on the
8th o f January, 1951.
Mr. Prentice served his apprenticeship with the
late Mr. blunt W. Hardman, Solicitor, 14 Moles-
worth Street, Dublin, was admitted in Easter
Sittings, 1913, and practised at 16 Lower O’Connell
Street as Senior Partner in the firm o f Messrs.
Matheson, Ormsby and Prentice.
The Solicitors’ Benevolent Association
The Association, which operates throughout the whole of Ireland, cares for Solicitors their
wives, widows and families who have fallen on hard times.
Last year over £1,300 was distributed in relief.
Additional subscriptions, donations and
bequests are urgently needed to continue and extend the Association’s work.
The active co-operation of the Profession in the Association’s good work is asked for and all
who are not members are urged to join without delay.
Membership Subscription:
£ 1 ir. od. («■ 10/6
if admitted less than
3
years') a year. £10 10s.
o
d
HJe membership.
■
Address:
THE SECRETARY,
SOLICITORS’ BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION,
22 NASSAU STREET, DUBLIN.
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