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Vol. 39
No. 4
August
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THE GAZETTE
of the
INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND
President :
PATRICK F. O'REILIY
WILLIAM
S.
HUGGARD
HUGH p. O'DONNELL
Secretary:
ERIC
A.
PLUNKETT
FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS
MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL.
27th JUNE. The President in the Chair : Also
present: Messrs. W. S. Haves, E. M. FitzGerald,
D. O'Connell, G. A. Overend, J. R. Quirke,
C. G. Stapleton, H. P. Mayne, J. J. Bolger,
H. St. J. Blake, A. Cox, J. B. Hamill, P. R. Boyd,
L. E. O'Dea.
The Council dealt with the results of the First
and Second Irish Examinations and the Inter
mediate Examination held in June 1945, and also
with a number of applications by apprentices,
and routine matters.
20th JULY, 1945: The President in the Chair :
Also present: Messrs. Hugh O'Donnell, Vice-
President; Roger Greene, P. R. Boyd, A. Cox,
J. P. Carrigan, J. R. Quirke, F. J. W. Barley,
D. O'Connell, W. J. Norman, W. S. Hayes,
W. L. Duggan, P. O'Connor, J. B. Hamill,
H. St. J. Blake, Scan
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hUadhaigh, L. E. O'Dea,
G. A. Overend, E. M. FitzGerald, M. E. Knight,
R. A. Macaulay.
The following was among the business trans
acted :—
Local Authorities' use of Printed Letting
Agreements.
MR. O'DONNELL, Vice-President, reported that
during the hearing of a case by Mr. O'Shea,
District Justice at the Carlow District Court,
the Justice had commented adversely on the use
by the Carlow Urban District Council of a printed
form of tenancy agreement which was signed by
the tenants in the office of a clerk of the Council
without the intervention of any solicitor and
stated that he considered this practice an infringe
ment of the rights of the solicitors' profession.
Mr. O'Donnell reported that he had communicated
with the Secretary who had brought the matter
before a Committee of the Council and subse
quently instructed him to appear at the adjourned
hearing of the case by the District Justice on
16th July, and to state that the Council fully
supported what the Justice had said and that they
considered it improper that Local Authorities
should adopt the practice on which the Justice
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