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VoL 39
No. 9
March
1946
THE GAZETTE
of the
INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND
President :
DANIEL
O'CONNELL.
,
Vice-Presidents :
MATTHEW
G. R. LARDNER.
ROGER
GREENE.
Secretary :
ERIC A. PLUNKETT
FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS
MEETING OF THE COUNCIL
FEBRUARY zist. The President in the chair: Also
present: Mr. Roger Greene, Vice-President;
Messrs. A. Cox, H. St. J. Blake, J. Travers Wolfe,
S. O. hUadhaigh, L. E. O'Dea, W. S. Huggard,
P. O'Connor, P. R. Boyd, G. A. Overend, H. P.
Mayne, W. S. Hayes, W. J. Norman, J. J. Lynch,
J. P. Tyrrell, C. G. Stapleton, H. O'Donnell, J. J.
Bolger, J. P. Carrigan, J. R. Quirke, Patrick F.
O'Reilly.
The following were among the matters of business
transacted.
Land
Registry Fees
on
Transmissions
on Death
THE Council considered the position arising out
of the decision in the case of James Sheridan as the
result of which no Land Registry fees will in future
be payable on applications for registration on
transmissions on death except where the executor
applies to be registered as owner for the purpose of
adminstration.
The Council considered corres
pondence, from which it appeared that the Registrar
of Titles proposes to allow credit for all fees paid
on
transmissions on death subsequent
to 3rd
September, 1945, being the date of lodgment of
notice of appeal to the Supreme Court against the
decision of the High Court.
It was indicated that
no repayment of fees would be made in cash and
that the allowing of credit therefor would be subject
to the sanction of the appropriate Government
Department.
It was resolved that the Secretary-
should approach the Registrar of Titles and suggest
that the fees should be repaid in cash instead of
being credited against the fees payable in future
dealings as the latter method will cause real embarrass
ment and inconvenience to solicitors and further
more that the fees should be repaid as from ist
June, 1945, instead of 3rd September, 1945.
Solicitors'
Bill
IT was decided that the President and Secretary
should seek an interview with the Secretary of the
Department of Justice
to urge upon him
the
necessity for the early introduction of the Bill which
was submitted in draft to the Department in April,
1943.
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