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THE GAZETTE
OP THE
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Vol. X, No. 5.]
November, 1916.
T FOR CIRCULATION
L AMONGST MEMBERS.
Meetings of the Council.
October 4th.
The late Lieutenant Macnamara.
A resolution was passed expressing the
sympathy of the Council with their colleague
Mr. R. A. Macnamara in his bereavement,
his son Lieutenant Macnamara, Royal Dublin
Fusiliers, having been killed in action.
The late Mr. St. Lawrance-Burke.
A resolution was passed expressing the
sympathy of
the Council with Mrs. St.
Lawrance-Burke in her bereavement, owing
to the death of her husband Mr. Stephen St.
Lawrance-Burke, Provincial Delegate
for
Connaught on the Council.
Property Losses Committee.
Correspondence was submitted with the
Property Losses Committee and with the
Chief Secretary's Department on the subject
of the sending of drafts in discharge of claims
to the Solicitor in cases where the claim has
been lodged by a Solicitor on behalf of a
client, with
the
result
that
the Chief
Secretary's Department agreed to the request
of the Council that this course would be
adopted.
Solicitors (Ireland) Act.
The Secretary
reported
that he had
attended in Belfast upon 22nd September
on the hearing of the case of the Society
v.
Knox, before the Recorder of Belfast, being
proceedings for recovery of a penalty from
defendant under the Solicitors (Ireland) Act
he being an unqualified person and having
acted for a defendant at Petty Sessions. A
decree for the statutable penalty of
£50
was
granted.
Certificates.
An application by a Solicitor for renewal of
his Certificate was granted.
October 18th.
The late Lieutenant J. K. M. Greer, M.C.
A resolution was passed expressing the
sympathy of the Council with their colleague,
Mr. T. M. Greer, Provincial Delegate for
Ulster, on the death of his son, Lieutenant
J. K. M. Greer, M.C., the Irish Guards, hav
ing died of wounds received in action.
Rules under Emergency Acts.
A
letter was
read
from
the Lord
Chancellor's Secretary expressing his Lord
ship's
thanks
to
the Council
for
their
suggestions made in response to his request
for provisions to be contained in rules under
the Courts (Emergency Powers) (No. 2) Act,
1916,
and
the
Law
and
Procedure
Emergency Provisions (Ireland) Act, 1916.
Law Clerks.
Reports were submitted from the Court of
Examiners upon applications from three Law
Clerks for leave to be bound under Section 16.
The Council granted two of the applications
and refused the third.