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Vol. 39
No.
I
May
1945
THE GAZETTE
of the
INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND
President:
PATRICK F. O'REILLY
/
ice-President* :
WILLIAM S. HUGGARD
HUGH p. O'DONNELL
Secretary:
ERIC
A.
PLUNKETT
FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS
MEETING OF THE COUNCIL.
APRIL 27th. The President in the chair : Present :
Messrs. W. S. Huggard, H. O'Donnell, S. 6.
hUadhaigh, G. A. Overend, M. E. Knight, H. P.
Mayne, C. G. Stapleton, D. O'Connell, F. J. W.
Barley, E. M. FitzGerald, L. E. O'Dea, J. J.
Smyth, J. P. Carrigan, J. B. Hamill, A. Cox,
W. S. Hayes, W. J. Norman, Alex. S. Merrick,
R. Greene, J. R. Quirke.
The following were among the matters dealt
with :—
Right of Audience of Solicitors.
IT was reported
by
a Committee that under the
Unemployment Assistance (reference and reports
to Court of Referees Regulations) Order 1934
(S. R. & O., 1934/124) the procedure to be foll
owed by Courts of Referees on the consideration
and examination of claims for Unemployment
Assistance is to be the same as the procedure of
Courts of Referees under the Unemployment
Insurance Acts, 1920-33. By the Unemployment
Insurance (Court of Referees) Amending Regula
tions, 1921 (S. R. & O., 1924/594) it is provided
that during the consideration by a Court of any
claim the claimant may attend in person or be
represented at the sitting of the Court by any
person, not being counsel or solicitor, authorised
by him. Having regard to these regulations,
solicitors have not a right of audience before
Courts of Referees either under the Unemployment
Insurance Acts or the Unemployment Assistance
Acts. The Committee report that solicitors are
heard on appeals against the refusal of National
Health Insurance. The Committee recommended
that the Society should make representations with
a view to securing a right of audience to solicitors
in connection with both Unemployment Insurance
and Unemployment Assistance appeals and the
report was adopted.
Solicitor for Offaly County Council.
THE Council considered an advertisement by the
County Manager for County Offaly for a solicitor
to the County Council at remuneration on the
basis of
taxed professional
fees, outlay and