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[FEBRUARY, 1915
The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
87
Recent Decisions affecting Solicitors.
(Notes of decisions, whether in reported or
unreported cases, of interest to Solicitors,
are invited from Members.)
HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE.
CHANCERY DIVISION (ENGLAND).
INTEREST ON COSTS.
A. H. Stickney
v.
E. Keeble and Others.
(Before Mr. Justice Joyce.)
In this case Mr. Percy Wheeler made an
application on behalf of the plaintiff that the
defendants should be ordered to pay
(inter
alia)
interest at the rate of 4 per cent, per
annum on the plaintiff's costs of the appeal
as from the date of the judgment of the
Court of Appeal.
The application arose out of the judgment
of the House of Lords delivered on December
11
last (reported
[1915J W.N., 6).
The
House of Lords held that the decision of the
Court of Appeal of March 14, 1913, should
•be reversed, and that the decision of Mr.
Justice Joyce of December 2, 1912, in favour
of the plaintiff should be restored, and it was
further ordered that the defendants should
pay to the plaintiff the costs incurred by
him in the Courts below.
Mr. Wheeler said that according to the
Annual Practice, p. 2,301, the order of the
House of Lords must be made an order of
the Court below, and that the plaintiff was
entitled to the interest on his costs in the
Court of Appeal
from
the date of
the
judgment—Macbeth and Co.
(Limited)
v.
Maritime
Insurance Company
(Limited)
,
([1908], 24
The Times
Law Reports, 559).
Mr. Sheldon, for the defendants, said that
the plaintiff's costs in the Court of Appeal
had not been taxed, and that he was not
entitled to interest thereon.
Mr. Justice Joyce said that this point had
been
settled
according
to
the Annual
Practice,
supra,
and, if not, then he would
settle it. The defendants must pay interest
on the plaintiff's costs from the date of the
judgment of the Court of Appeal.
(From
The Times
of 10th February, 1915).
(Reported [1915] W.N., 72.)
New Solicitors.
ADMISSIONS DURING JANUARY, 1915.
Name
Served Apprenticeship to
Boyd, John
...
...
John Bristow, Belfast.
Browne, James C.
... Thomas Elliott, Strabane,
Cotton, Thos. Dawson Martin H. Turnbull, Bel
fast.
Cullen, John
...
... George P. Cussen, Dublin.
Forde, John
...
...
James A. Kicrnan, Ballina-
more.
Keery, William John ...
James Robinson, Dublin.
Lynch, George
... T. J. Hunt, Ennis.
Mathews, Sydney
...
James C. Taylor, Belfast.
Norman, William John
Francis Clinch, Dublin.
O'Dohefty, Hugh C. F. Hugh C. O'Doherty, Lon
donderry.
O'Doherty, James
... Hugh C. O'Doherty, Lon
donderry.
Osborne, Robert A.
...
Stephen J. Brown. Naas.
Results of Examinations.
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION.
AT the Preliminary Examination,-held upon
the 7th and 8th days of January,
the
following passed the examination, and their
names are arranged in order of merit :—
1. David D. MacDonald.
2. Donald L. Ross.
3. Hubert P. D. Walsh.
James Reilly has passed the modified
Preliminary Examination, for which he had
liberty to present himself.
The remaining candidates were postponed.
Seven attended :
four passed ;
three were
postponed.
FINAL EXAMINATION.
At the Final Examination, held upon the
4th, 5th and 6th days of January, the
following passed the examination, and their
names are arranged in order of merit :—
1. Robert A. Macaulay.
2. Arthur C. J. Cox, B.A., N.U.I.
3. Robert S. Magee.
4. Alfred V. G. Thornton.
5. Charles A. Cooke.
6. John J. Keenan.
7. Rupert W. Oulton, B.A., T.C.D.
8. John M. S. White.
9. Terence Byrne.
The Council awarded a Gold Medal to
Robert A. Macaulay, a Silver Medal
to