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with a view to assisting the legal advisors
responsible for putting them into legal form.”
The following notices were published in
The
Accountants’ Journal
by the Council o f the Associa
tion o f Certified and Corporate Accountants:—
“ The Council o f the Association, at a recent
meeting, decided to draw attention to the fact
that the preparation o f articles o f association
and memoranda in company formation is
essentially a legal task.
In view o f this the Council advises members
o f the Association to remember that the drafting
and settling o f memoranda and articles of
association o f companies should be properly
left to solicitors
(The Accountants Journal,
December, 1950).
We are authorised by the Council o f the
Association to publish the following notice in
extension o f that appearing under the same
heading in the December, 1950, issue o f the
Journal, on page 292
*A t its meeting of
November 14th, the Council decided that it was
desirable to remind members that the drafting
and settlement o f memoranda and articles of
association o f companies should properly be
left to solicitors. In view o f enquiries since
received from members the Council wishes to
clarify the position as follows :—
(a)
The former
statement was not intended to imply that there
is any objection to a member’s assisting a
client in the formation o f a company ; (
b)
Nor
is there any impropriety in his suggesting some
or all o f the contents o f the memorandum
and articles o f association. On the contrary
it is very desirable that he should advise on
those clauses relative to accounts ;
(c)
Although
the Council understands that the preparation of
memoranda and articles o f association by a
member would not be contrary to law, the
Council is nevertheless o f opinion that the
drafting and settlement o f these documents is
a matter for the legal profession and that a
member’s participation therein should be
restricted as above.”
(The Accountants’ Journal, April,
1951-)
SOLICITORS’ REMUNERATION
GENERAL ORDER, 19 5 1
T
h e
following General Order was laid before
Seanad Eireann on 19th December, 1951, and
before Dail Eireann on 30th January, 195 2. Section
6 o f the Solicitors’ Remuneration Act, 1881, as
adapted, provides that any General Order under
the Act shall not take effect unless and until it has
been laid before each house o f the Oireachtas and
one month thereafter has elapsed.
General Order
W
e
, the Body in that behalf authorised by Solicitors’
Remuneration Act, 1881 as adapted by the Solicitors’
Remuneration Act, 1881 (Adaptation) Order, 1946
made pursuant to the Adaptation o f Enactments
Act, 1922, do hereby, in pursuance and execution
o f the powers given to us in the said Statute as so
adapted, and o f all other power: enabling us in that
behalf, make the annexed General Order.
1. This Order may be cited as the Solicitors’
Remuneration General Order, 1951, and this Order
and the Solicitors’ Remuneration General Order,
1884, the Solicitors’ Remuneration General Order
(No. 1), 1920, the Solicitors’ Remuneration General
Order (No. 2), 1920, and the Solicitors’ Remunera
tion General Order, 1947, may be cited as the
Solicitors’ Remuneration General Orders 1884 to
1951.
2. The scale o f charges set forth in Schedule I
Part II o f the Solicitors’ Remuneration General
Order, 1884, as amended by the Solicitors’
Remuneration General Order (No.- 1), 1920, in so
far as it affects the charges as to leases or agreements
for leases at rack rent (other than mining leases or
leases for building purposes, or agreements for the
same) is hereby annulled save in respect o f business
completed before the 1st day o f January, 1952,
and there shall be substituted therefor in respect of
all such business completed on or after the said date
the scale of charges set forth in the Schedule hereto
annexed. The remainder of Schedule I, Part II
o f the Solicitors’ Remuneration General Order, 1884,
as so amended shall remain in full force and effect.
3. Rule 1 1 o f Part I, Schedule I Solicitors’ Re
muneration General Order, 1884, shall be rescinded
as and from the 1st day o f January, 1952.
4. The percentage increases in the remuneration
o f a solicitor set forth in Clause 4 o f the Solicitors’
Remuneration General Order, 1947, are hereby
annulled save in respect o f business transacted
before the 1st day o f January, 1952, and there shall
be substituted therefor in respect o f all business
transacted on or after the said date the remuneration
for which is authorised by Solicitors’ Remuneration
General Order, 1884, Clause 2
(c)
as amended by
the Solicitors’ Remuneration General Order (No. I),
1920 and Solicitors’ Remuneration General Order,