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The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
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list for explanation of delay, the following,
letter in reply from the Secretary of the Land
Commission was read :—
The Irish Land Commission,
24 Upper Merrion Street,
Dublin,
25th March,
1914.
SIR,
In reply to your letter of the 13th instant,
I am directed by the Irish Land Commis
sioners to inform you that the request of your
Council has been considered by the Judicial
Commissioner, who is of opinion that it is
not desirable that the Examiner who has
charge of a case should, as a matter of course,
require the Solicitor having carriage to attend
before him and explain delay. As a rule no
case appears in the list until notice com
plaining of delay has been given more than
once and no attention has been paid thereto.
It has been the practice for the Registrar
to give notice of the intention to list a case
to explain delay at least a week before the
date of listing. The Judicial Commissioner
has directed that in future a fortnight's
notice shall be given.
It will, of course, be
open to a Solicitor, in any case in which there
may be special reasons why the Examiners'
rulings on title could not be complied with in
a reasonable
time,
to attend before
the
Examiner and explain the matter before the
case is listed.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
(Signed),
C. T. BEARD.
The Secretary,
Incorporated Law Society,
Solicitors' Buildings,
Four Courts,
Dublin.
Resident Magistracy.
The
recent appointment of
a
retired
military officer to the position of Resident
Magistrate having been considered at the
previous meeting of the Council, the following
resolution of the Council was forwarded to
His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant:—
Resolved.—" The Council of the Incor
porated Law Society of Ireland observe
with
regret
and
dissatisfaction
the
announcement of the recent appointment
of a retired military officer to the position
of Resident Magistrate. The Council desire
again to respectfully call the attention of
His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant to the
pre-eminent qualifications of Solicitors for
the office of Resident Magistrate, and the
Council are strongly of opinion that in
justice to the profession and in due regard to
public requirements Solicitors should obtain
at least as many of such appointments as
any other profession.
" The Council would point out that at
present there are among the sixty-four
Resident Magistrates only six members of
the Solicitors' profession, and the Council
feel that the claims of the profession have
not met with fair recognition during the
past four years.
" The Council hope that due considera
tion will be given to this resolution when
next an appointment is being made to the
office "
A letter was read from the Assistant Under
Secretary for
Ireland acknowledging, by
direction of His Excellency, the receipt of
the resolution.
Land Registry.
A deputation from the Council having
conferred with the Registrar on the subject
of delay in registrations in the Central Office
of the Land Registry, their report was sub
mitted. The deputation had informed the
Registrar that the registration of Land Com
mission cases is nine months in arrear, and to
this the reply was made that registration in
these cases is only six weeks in arrear. The
deputation asked for investigation into the
matter, and it was found that registrations
in Land Commission cases are complete up to
within six weeks, but that notification of the
registration is not sent to the Land Com
mission by the Land Registry until the
mapping in each case is completed, and that
the mapping is six or seven months in arrear.
The Registrar, at the request of the deputa
tion, undertook
that
in
future, when
registration is complete, notification will be
sent
to
the Land Commission,
so
that
registration and notification of Land Com
mission
cases should in future be complete
within at least six weeks of the vesting of
the holding.