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Visit by President to Law Society of New
Zealand
A copy of the President's Report will appear in the
November Gazette.
29th May, 1975
Legal Diary—short notice of listing of case
It was decided that a notice should be inserted in
the Gazette with reference to the Dublin Circuit Court
stating that the Society had raised the matter officially.
Th e position was that where plaintiff's solicitor served
Notice of Trial, if he lodged with the Notice of Trial
a stamped addressed postcard to himself, as well as a
second stamped postcard addressed to the solicitor for
the defendant, adequate warning should be given of
the listing of the case. As a result of negotiations, the
Legal Diary will be increased in size as from 1, Octo-
ber, 1975, allowing for two extra colums for Circuit
Court cases, which would normally result in a seven
days warning.
Irish Underwriting Agencies Ltd. — Combined
Liabilities Insurance Scheme
As the proposals now submitted differed substan-
tially from former ones submitted in March, 1975, it
was decided to set up a Sub-Committee to consider the
matter further.
Returns to Revenue Commissioners under S. 176
of the Income Tax Act 1967
The Council decided that only agreed returns
should be made.
Fee for Medical Report and' for Medical
Attention
Members accept liability for payment of £12 for
medical report, but object to payment of £50 for med-
ical attention, which they contend was not payable
by the client, inasmuch as he was entitled to benefits
under the Health Acts. Strong objections were taken
to a letter which the Medical Un i on had sent in the
matter. The rejection of the payment of £50 for med-
ical attention was held to be correct. The solicitor con-
cerned should take up the matter with the Regional
Health Board, and, if necessary, with the Department
of Health. There is an understanding with the Acci-
dent Claims Association that the fee for a Medical
Report should be about £12.
Solicitors' lien on Bills of Exchange in a
defended High Court action
The solicitors concerned were owed by the same
client certain sums of money in respect of costs of
litigation which they had handled prior to the present
proceedings. The solicitors were directed to claim their
lien
and retain the documents, leaving it to the client
if he so wished to seek an order compelling the lodg-
ment of the documents in question.
Belfast Costs Drawers wishing to start practice
in the Republic.
There is no objection to this.
Resignation of Mr. Peter O'Connell from the
Council
This was accepted with regret.
Presentation to Law Society of England and Law
Society of Scotland
It was agreed to make these on the occasion of the
25th Anniversary of the Law Society of Scotland and
of the 150th Anniversary of the Law Society of England.
Publication of the opinion of Senior Counsel,
on the duty to be charged where the sale
price of a property included premises and fur-
niture.
It was agreed to publish this later in the Gazette
with Counsel's permission.
26th June, 1975
Meeting of EEC Committee with EEC Committee
of Northern Ireland
This joint meeting was held in the Greshem Hotel.
It was hoped to set up a small working group drawn
from both Societies to examine aspects of Community
legislation which would affect the two jurisdictions.
Increase of fees of Summons Servers.
A letter containing particulars of the Order was
published in the Gazette.
Claim of Corporation for outlay in connection
with renewal of lease to client
The term "Solicitors' Costs" in the Landlord and
Tenant Act, 1967, appears to refer to scale fees, there-
fore outlay properly incurred is the liability of the
Tenant.
Counsel may not attend Committee Meetings
As Committees are not deemed to be Courts, solic-
itors cannot appoint Counsel to represent them at Com-
mittee meetings, except Registrar's and Disciplinary'
Committee meetings.
Returns to be made under S. 176 of Income Tax
Act, 1967
The question of what information should be supplied
to the Revenue Commissioners would be noted in the
Gazette.
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