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GAZETTE
JUNE 1980
Correspondence (contd.)
I cannot now recall (if I ever knew) the correct colour
sequence to amend draft documents, but in 1980 bottles
of ink, certainly bottles of red, green and purple ink are
not in frequent use, and the dreaded Ball-Point seems
more readily available in blue, black, red and green.
Hence perhaps the procedure of using the nearest Ball-
Point to hand. Really it is hardly the colour of the ink that
is important, but the clarity of the amendment, and an
indication on the document showing the date the
amendment was made. This makes life easier for the busy
Practitioner and/or colour blind Practitioner.
Yours sincerely,
Barry O'Reilly.
ACC House,
Upper Hatch St.,
Dublin 2.
30th May, 1980.
The Editor,
Law Society Gazette.
Re: FINANCIAL AGREEMENTS
Dear Sir,
A propos Gerry Hickey's comments at the recent half-
yearly meeting on the involvement (of lack of it) by
Solicitors in the preparation of financial agreements, I
was recently handed a draft agreement containing
provisions which might be of interest to your readers.
Under the heading 'Invalidity of provision' the
following appeared:—
"Terms and conditions which are invalid shall be
implemented according to the spirit of this
Agreement."
I hasten to add.that an Irish lawyer was not involved
and wonder whether perhaps the draftsman had, in final
interpretation, intended the invocation of the Third
Person of the Trinity!
Yours faithfully,
Dermot Jones.
Oifig an Ard-Chláraitheora,
Custom House,
Dublin 1.
17th June, 1980.
Mr. James J. Ivers,
Director General,
The Law Society.
Re: MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE APPLICATIONS
Dear Mr. Ivers,
I have received your letter of 28th May concerning
applications for marriage certificates for purposes of
raising loans for house purchase.
I realise that there is at present some delay in dealing
with applications to the General Register Office. The
present difficulties in the office arose out of last year's
postal dispute. The very large number of applications
which were held up at that time built up into a
considerable volume of arrears when the dispute ended.
The position was aggravated by the fact that staff were
not being recruited to the Civil Service during the dispute
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and by the unprecedented increase in the demand for
certificates during the early part of this year.
Steps have been taken to reduce the arrears and the
position is now improving. I expect that when the backlog
has been cleared applications for certificates will again be
dealt with quickly. In the meantime I suggest that if
people apply to the local Superintendent Registrar for the
County in which their marriage took place they will get a
faster service there.
Yours sincerely,
Brendan Hensey,
A rd-C hidrait heoir.
Land Registry, Central Office,
Chancery Street,
Dublin 7.
18th June, 1980
Mr. James J. Ivers,
Director General,
The Law Society.
Re: LANDREGISTRY TRANSACTIONS
Dear Mr. Ivers,
With effect from and including Wednesday, 2nd July,
1980 all Land Registry transactions in relation to
Counties Clare, Galway, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo
will be dealt with at the following address:—
Land Registry,
Nassau Building,
Setanta Centre,
Nassau Street,
Dublin 2.
Transactions relating to Dublin City and County will
continue to be dealt with at the above address.
William T. Moran,
Registrar.
THE HIGH COURT
MOTIONS ON NOTICE
(Common Law)
By reason of current postal delays in the
transmission of documents between Solicitors' town
agents and their country offices, it may happen that
the Solicitor to whom a Notice of Motion is directed
(although served in time and in compliance with the
Rules of the Superior Courts) may not become
aware of the Motion until after the return date
named in the Notice. Consequently, pending further
direction, MOTIONS ON NOTICE in Common
Law matters (other than those returnable for the
Sitting of the Court) being brought either before the
Court or the Master will not be listed for hearing
before the lapse of a period of 10 days after the
lodgment of the Notice in the Central Office (except
by special leave of the Registrar).
J. K. WALDRON,
Registrar.