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Examinations, etc. New Regulation
T
he
Council made the following additional Regula
tion :—
44A. The Council shall have power in their dis
cretion to delegate, either in whole or in
part, to the Secretary or acting Secretary,
their powers under Regulations 15 and 44,
provided that any person aggrieved by any
decision shall be entitled to have the matter
referred to the Council.
Applications under Section 18
T
he
Secretary reported that in six cases the Chief
Justice had made orders under Section 18 exempting
the applicants from the Society’s Preliminary E x
amination and that in one case the application had
been refused.
N
ovember
22ND.
The President in the Chair. Also
present, Messrs. Niall S. Gaffney, Vice-President;
Daniel O’Connell, James R. Quirke, Dermot P.
Shaw, John J . Sheil, Maurice M. Power, Desmond
R. Counahan, Joseph P. Tyrrell, Joseph Barrett,
Patrick R. Boyd, Louis E. O’Dea, Reginald J.
Nolan, Thomas A. O’Reilly, John L. Kealy, John
R. Halpin, James J . O’Connor, John J. Nash,
Derrick M. Martin, Gerald J . O’Donnell, George
G. Overend, Ralph J. Walker, William J. Norman,
John Carrigan, Henry St. J. Blake, Arthur Cox.
The following was among the business trans
acted :—
Solicitors’ Remuneration General Orders,
1884-1947
T
he
Council received draft Solicitors’ Remuneration
General Order 1951 made under Section 2 of the
Solicitors Remuneration Act 1881 and communicated
to the Society pursuant to Section 3 of the Act. It
was decided to return the draft Order with observa
tions and suggestions in accordance with Section 3.
General Meeting and Election o f Council,
1952
The following dates were appointed :—
O
rdinary
General Meetings, 15th May, 1952 and
27th November, 1932 ; final date for receipt of
Nominations for the Council, 20th October, 19 52 ;
Ballot for the Council, 20th November, 1952.
Probate Office
T
he
President reported that accompanied
by
the
Secretary he had been received
by
the Minister for
Justice and had made representations on the state of
business in the Probate Office and other matters
arising from it. The Minister had stated that the
matter is at present under investigation and that
every effort is being made to end the present un
satisfactory position.
Solicitors Bill
T
he
President reported that accompanied by the
Secretary he had been received by the Minister for
Justice and the Secretary o f the Department. Urgent
representations had been made on the subject o f the
Bill. The Minister had promised that the Bill will
be introduced during the coming Parliamentary
Session.
PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES
Dail Eireann, 15th November, 1951
Solicitors Bill
M
r
.
Hession asked the Minister for Justice if he will
take all appropriate steps for the immediate intro
duction of the Solicitors B ill; and if there are any
circumstances which may prevent him from doing
so, whether he will indicate what they are.
Minister for Justice (Mr. Boland) :—Apart from
the careful examination which the scope and com
plexity o f this Bill necessitates, there is no impedi
ment to its introduction. I hope to be in a position to
introduce the Bill in the course o f the next session.
W
ednesday
, 21ST N
ovember
,
1951 :—To ask the
Minister for Finance if he has yet had an opportunity
o f considering the case made in column 212, volume
126 of the Official Reports dated 20th June, 1951,
for the inclusion o f solicitors in the list o f those
entitled to commission on conversion o f Govern
ment loans and whether such case was subsequently
supported by representations from the Council o f the
Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
—Gerard Sweetman.
Reply
T
he
question of the payment of commission to
solicitors in connection with the issue o f Govern
ment loans has been considered. Representations
were made by the Council o f the Incorporated Law
Society in the matter. It was not possible, however,
to accede to these representations for reasons con
veyed to the Council.
,
NEW SOLICITORS
Presentation o f Certificates o f Admission
A
t
a ceremony which took place in the Society’ s
Library on 22nd November, 1951, the President
presented Certificates of Admission to Solicitors
whose names had been enrolled during the past six
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