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May,
1950
Vol. 44
No. 1
THE GAZETTE
of the
INCORPORATED LAW SOC IETY OF IR ELAND
President
W
illiam
J. N
orman
Vice-Presidents
T
homas
A.
O ’R
eilly
D
ermot
P.
S
haw
'
Secretary
E
ric
A.
P
lunkett
.
FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS
MEETING OF THE COUNCIL
A
pril
27TH.
The President in the Chair. Also
present: Messrs. T. A. O’Reilly and Dermot P.
Shaw, Vice-Presidents ; Messrs. William S. Elayes,
Derrick M. Martin, Desmond J . Mayne, James R.
Quirke, Niall S. Gaffney, Daniel O’Connell, Roger
Greene, William S. Huggard, Ralph Neilson,
Patrick F. O’ Reilly, Arthur Cox, G. J. O’Donnell,
Elenry St. J. Blake, John D. O’Connell, William L.
Duggan, Louis E. O’Dea, Joseph Barrett, John J.
Nash, James J. O’Connor, Patrick R. Boyd.
The President welcomed Mr. Ralph Neilson,
President of the Incorporated Law Society of
Northern Ireland, who was present.
The following was among the business trans
acted :—
Insurance against Negligence
T
he
Council considered the following motion:
“ That the Council should consider the advisability
of setting up a defence union for the purpose of
insuring solicitors against claims for negligence on
the lines o f the scheme operated by the Medical
Defence Union.” The matter was referred to a
Committee for consideration and report.
Section 15 (1) o f the Small Dwellings (Acquis
ition) Act, 1899
T
he
Council considered a report from a Committee
on a letter from the County Clare Law Association
suggesting that Section 15 (1) of the Small Dwell
ings (Acquisition) Act, 1899, ought to be repealed.
The section prescribes that an application for first
registration in the Land Registry must be made in
any case where the title of the land is . not already
registered at the date of the advance. There have
been cases in which a holding in respect of which
an advance is sought was situate upon an estate
which has not been vested in the tenant. In such
cases the local authorities are not entitled to make any
advance under the Small Dwellings (Acquisition)
Act until the estate has been vested by the Land
Commission, which may take years.
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