45 / 144
ordinary members on the Council of the Incor
porated Law Society of Ireland for the year
1944/45 : Messrs. II. A. Corscadden, Alexander
S. Merrick, Charles MacLaughlin, George Mur-
naghan and James C. Taylor.
THE SOUTHERN LAW ASSOCIATION.
MR. Edward Emerson, of Cork, has been elected
President of the Association for the year 1944/45.
The following are the extraordinary members on
the Council of the Incorporated Law Society of
Ireland for the year 1944/45 : Messrs Edward
Emerson, John J. Morgan, T. A. Buckley, James
W. O'Donovan, and John K. Coakley.
CIRCUIT COURT:
SUPPLEMENTAL
RULES.
THE attention of solicitors is directed to the fact
that the Circuit Court (Appeals from District
Court) Rules, 1943, made in December, 1943, are
now printed and for sale. These Rules, which are
supplemental to the Rules of the Circuit Court,
1931, deal with points arising in appeals to the
Circuit Court in criminal cases, not provided for
in the 1931 Rules.
DISTRICT COURT: FEES ORDER.
A new District Court Fees Order entitled District
Court (Fees) Order, 1944, came into operation on
the 14th November, 1944. This Order provides
that the fees in the District Court, as prescribed
by the District Court (Fees) Order, 1937, shall
not be payable on an appeal to the Circuit Court
under Section 18 of the Courts of Justice Act,
1928, or by State Solicitors and other specified
persons, in prosecutions or other proceedings at
the suit of the Attorney General, in prosecutions
by a member of the Garda Siochana or a Minister
of State or in proceedings instituted by or on the
direction of the Revenue Commissioners.
The foregoing Rules and Order will shortly be
on sale at the Government Publications Office,
3/4 College Street, Dublin, or through any
Bookseller.
PETROL FOR SOLICITORS.
REPRESENTATIONS are again being made to the
Department of Supplies with a view to obtaining
petrol for solicitors. It is hoped that, immediately
the supply position will allow, these representa
tions will be given effect.
NEWSPAPER STATEMENTS AS TO
SOLICITORS' BILL.
IN its issue of the 2nd January, 1945, the
Irish
Press
contained a number of statements and
comments as to the Solicitors' Bill, most of which
were entirely incorrect and made without any
foundation, and some of which were a grave
reflection on the profession. They were regarded
as serious enough to require the immediate atten
tion of the Society. The President and Secretary
interviewed the Editor of the newspaper on the
afternoon of the 2nd January and strongly pro
tested to him against the publication of such
statements and comments and requested their
withdrawal and an expression of regret for their
publication. They informed the Editor that they
regarded the publication as a very serious matter
and that a letter of protest would be sent to him
with a request that it should be published in the
Irish Press
on the 3rd January. This letter was
written and sent to the Editor in time for publica
tion on the 3rd January. It did not appear on that
day. However, on the following day the news
paper contained a fair summary of the letter with
a note from the Editor expressing regret for any
wrong impression that had been created by the
publication.
The matter will be fully considered at the next
meeting of the Council.
LAW TERMS, 1945.
Solicitors are reminded that in accordance with
the rules of the High Court and Supreme Court,
dated 17th November, 1942, the dates of the
beginning and ending of the Sittings for the
year 1945 will be as follows :—
Hilary Sittings, January llth to March 31st.
Easter Sittings, April 16th to May 18th.
Trinity Sittings, June 1st to July 31st.
Michaelmas Sittings, October 10th to Decem
ber 21st.
The foregoing rules cancel Order 63, Rules 1
to 6 of the High Court and Supreme Court of
1926.
HALF YEARLY GENERAL MEETING.
THE Half-yearly General Meeting of the Society
was held in the Hall of the Society, Solicitors'
Buildings, Four Courts, on Monday, 27th Novem
ber, 1944. The President, Senator Louis E. O'Dea,
was in the chair. The following members of the
Society were also present: Mr. Arthur Cox,
Vice-President; Messrs. P. R. Boyd, F. J. W.
47