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March,
1951
Vol. 44
No. 9
THE GAZETTE
of the
INCORPORATED LAW SOC IETY OF IRELAND
President
R
oger
- G
reene
Vice-Presidents
N
ia ll
S.
G
affn ey
F
rancis
J . G
earty
Secretary
E
ric
A.
P
lunkett
FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS
MEETING OF THE COUNCIL
F
ebruary
22ND,
1951. Mr. Niall S. Gaffney, Vice-
President, in the Chair. Also present:—Mr. Francis
J. Gearty, Vice-President;
Messrs. John S.
O’Connor, John J. Dundon, Maurice M. Power,
James R. Quirke, Daniel O’Connell, Desmond
Mayne, George A . Overend, Derrick M. Martin,
John J. Nash, Gerald J. O’Donnell, William J.
Norman, Patrick R. Boyd, James J. O’Connor,
Henry St. J. Blake, John Carrigan, Dermot P.
Shaw, Joseph P. Tyrrell, Joseph Barrett, Thomas A.
O’Reilly, John J. Sheil, Desmond R. Counahan,
Patrick F. O’Reilly, John R. Halpin.
The following was among the business trans
acted :—
Costs o f Mortgages under the Small Dwellings
(Acquisition) Acts
T
he
Council considered a resolution submitted by
the Association o f Solicitors to Local Authorities
on the subject o f the proposed scale o f costs for
solicitors acting for local authorities investigating
titles o f borrowers.
The resolution asked the
Council to approve a modified scale o f costs and to
recommend it to the profession, conditional upon
its acceptance by the Minister for Local Government.
The resolution was adopted and it was ordered
that a deputation should ask to be received by the
Minister for the purpose of submitting the suggested
scale.
Bankrupt’s former solicitor acting for creditor
T
he
following query was submitted for the
opinion o f the Council:—S., a solicitor, acted for
AB for a considerable time in connection with
family matters.
AB recently guaranteed CD in
the bank in connection with a business venture,
and A B ’s son became a partner in the venture
investing £200. S. acted for both parties in connec
tion with the arrangements.
A B ’s son retired
from the business and claimed the return of the
sum o f £200. CD was recently adjudicated bankrupt.
S. acted for CD until the adjudication in bank
ruptcy, but is no longer acting for him. While
acting for CD, S. obtained information as to his