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recent alteration in the practice as the result of
which motions on notice are now heard before
ex parte
applications. It has been pointed out that
the former practice, which has existed for over
25
years, by which
ex parte
applications are taken
first in the list, is in accordance with the order of
business in every other court, and that the change
in this practice has resulted in inconvenience to
solicitors and their clients. The Council’s represen
tations are under consideration.
DUBLIN CORPORATION—LOANS
UNDER THE SMALL DWELLINGS
ACQUISITION ACTS.
T
he
Council have recently considered representa
tions from the profession as to the procedure on
the completion of a purchase in which part of the
purchase money is advanced by the Dublin Cor
poration under the Small Dwellings Acquisition
Acts. For some time the practice o f the Corporation
has been to require the lease or conveyance from the
vendor to the purchaser to be stamped, and registered
in the Registry o f Deeds, before it is delivered to
the Law Agent o f the Corporation in exchange for
a direction to the Finance Department o f the
Corporation to pay over the amount o f the advance
to the vendor’s solicitor. The objection to this
practice is that the vendor parts with the title deeds,
and with the legal estate before receiving, the
purchase money, and accepts the risk that his title
to the purchase money may be defeated by a sub
sequent act of bankruptcy, or by the registration of
a judgment mortgage against the purchaser. The
Law Agent to the Corporation has now agreed
that in any case in which the vendor’s solicitor
desires, the following procedure may be adopted :—•
1. The lease or conveyance and memorial shall
be delivered to the Law Agent already com
pared by the officials of the Registry o f Deeds,
with all registry fees paid, and ready for
registration, but not registered.
2. The mortgage and memorial shall, at the same
time, be handed to the Law Agent, duly
executed.
3. In consideration o f the documents mentioned
at 1. and 2. the Law Agent will deliver to the
vendor’s solicitor a direction to the Finance
Department o f the Corporation to issue a
cheque for the amount of the advance.
The
registration o f the lease or conveyance to the
purchaser will be effected by the Law Agent.
4. As some delay may occur between the issuing
o f the direction to the Finance Department
and the issuing o f the cheque by that Depart
ment, it is agreed that, in any case in which
the vendor is unwilling to hand over the title
deeds without an assurance that he will receive
the cheque immediately, the parties will be at
liberty to delay completion until it has been
ascertained by inquiry at the Corporation
that the requirements' o f the various depart
ments have been satisfied, and that the cheque
is ready for issue.
5. In any case in which the Law Agent is required
to register the lease or conveyance, a sum of
10/6 will be added to the costs payable to the
Corporation.
RENT RESTRICTIONS (AMEND
MENT) ACT, 1949 .
T
he
attention of solicitors is drawn to the provisions
o f the above Act, which imposes certain limitations
on the lawful additions to the basic rent in the cases
mentioned in paragraph (9) o f Subsection
(a)
of
Section 1 1 , or paragraph (
e)
of Subsection (2) of
Section 17 o f the Rent Restrictions Act, 1946. The
Act further provides for the recovery o f any amount
paid on account o f rent which accrued due after
the date o f the passing o f the Act and which is not
one of the lawful additions to the rent under the
relevant provisions of the Rent Restrictions Act,
1946, as amended.
EMPLOYMENT REGULATION
ORDER (LAW CLERKS JOINT
LABOUR
COMMITTEE)
1949 .
T
he
Labour Court has published a new Employ
ment Regulation Order (S. I. No. 265 of 1949)
consolidating the provisions of the previous ordersj
which have all been revoked, and prescribing
minimum rates of remuneration for female general
law clerks and book-keepers (female) who were not
included in the previous orders.
Book-keepers
(female) are now included in the scale for shorthand
typists and typists. The order may be purchased
at the Government Publications Office, College
Street, Dublin, price 3d.
THE
INCORPORATED
LAW
SOCIETY OF IRELAND.
EXAMINATION RESULTS.
A
t
the Preliminary Examination for intending
apprentices to solicitors, held on the 6th and 7th
days of October, the following passed the examina