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The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
[JANUARY, 1911.
taken upon behalf of the Society to the
English Solicitor so acting in this country.
December Hlh.
Board of Trade Inquiry.
The Secretary reported that, as instructed,
he had upon the 7th inst. attended at the
Board of Trade Inquiry then being held at
the Four Courts under the Merchant Shipping
Acts, and that he had objected, upon behalf
of
the Society,
to the appearance upon
behalf of one of the parties interested in the
Inquiry, of an English Solicitor, and that
the presiding Magistrate (Mr. E. G. Swifte)
had ruled that it was not competent for
the English Solicitor so to act.
Taxing Office.
A letter was read from the Taxing Masters
in reply intimating that the notice which had
appeared in the
Legal Diary,
and relative to
which the Council had made inquiry, was
applicable to cases appearing in the lists for
taxation during the present sittings only.
Petty Sessions Proceedings.
A letter was read from a country member
drawing attention to proceedings at a Petty
Sessions Court, brought
for
trespass
in
pursuit of game, in which the land agent of
the complainant stated in Court that he
appeared upon behalf of the complainant.
It appeared that the defendants pleaded
guilty, and the agent stating that he did not
press
the case, it was dismissed.
It was
decided to write to the agent drawing, his
attention to the illegality of his appearing
upon behalf of the complainant, and requiring
an explanation of his action in doing so.
Receipts for Fees to Counsel.
The attention of the Council having been
drawn to the announcement made by the
Assistant Secretary
and Comptroller
of
Stamps and Taxes, to the effect that an
acknowledgment by a Barrister for a fee
of £2 and upwards, whether in the form
of a receipt or by initials, is liable to the
stamp duty of one penny as a receipt, it
was decided to communicate with the Bar
Council upon this subject in order to secure
uniformity of practice in the matter.
Certificates.
Affidavits of two Solicitors in support of
applications to obtain certificates to practise
were considered :
in one case an order was
made granting the application, the considera
tion of the other case was postponed.
Illegal Conveyancing.
A
letter was
read
in
reply
from
the
Registrar of Petty Sessions Clerks stating
that he had communicated with the Petty
Sessions Clerk in reference to the allegation
made to the Council, and which is referred
to
in
the proceedings of
the
Council
of the 7th inst.,
that he had prepared a
deed for remuneration in the year 1908, and
that he had received a reply from the Clerk
stating that he did not receive any remunera
tion for the preparation of the deed in
question, nor had he ever received any
remuneration for any deed prepared by him.
Statutory Committee.
A letter was read from the Secretary to
the Lord Chancellor, intimating that His
Lordship had appointed the following seven
members of the Council to be the Statutory
Committee under Section 34 of the Solicitors
(Ireland) Act, 1898, for the year ending 26th
November, 1911 :—Mr. Meredith, Sir A. F.
Baker, Mr. Fry, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Macnamara,
Mr. Shannon and Mr. Stanuell.
Court of Examiners and Committees.
The Court of Examiners and the Com
mittees of the Council for the year ending
26th November, 1911, were appointed.
Parliamentary Elections.
The following resolution was adopted :—
Resolved :
" That in the opinion of the
Council of the Incorporated Law Society of
Ireland the practice of appointing a person
other than a Solicitor to act as Election Agent
at a Parliamentary Election, adopted in the
Saint Stephen's Green Division of Dublin in
January, 1910, and followed in the same
Division in December, 1910, is contrary to
the practice which has heretofore prevailed
in Ireland, and should be discouraged."
A copy of this resolution was directed to be
sent to the Honorary Secretaries of the City
of Dublin Unionist Registration Association.