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The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
[MARCH, 1916
period during which a Solicitor has been or
is engaged on Active Service with the Naval
or Military Forces, and who has taken no
active part in conducting his business, or
that of the firm in which he is a partner.
Application on behalf of any Irish Solicitor
who wishes to take advantage of this con
cession, should be made to me as soon as
possible after the expiry of the term for which
the Certificate was "issued. Such application
may be for the whole or proportion of the
Duty, according to the time during which
Naval or Military duties have prevented the
transaction of the applicant's legal business.
Every application should be accompanied
by the duly stamped Certificate in respect of (
which the claim is made, and also by a
statutory declaration setting forth all the
facts necessary to establish the claim.
You will, of course, understand that this
concession does not in any way alter the
necessity for a Solicitor, either alone or in
partnership, holding a Certificate.
It refers exclusively to the return of Duty
which has been paid, and does not excuse or
affect its original payment in cases in which,
according to law, such payment is required.
I am,
Sir, Your obedient Servant,
(Signed),
J. SIMPSON,
Assistant Secretary and
Comptroller.
The Secretary,
Incorporated Law Society of Ireland,
Solicitors' Buildings,
Four Courts,
Dublin.
Death Certificates of Soldiers.
THE War Office
announces
that death
certificates are issued free of charge in the
case of officers as well as n.c.o.'s and men
killed in action or dying as the result of active
service. Applications in the case of fallen
officers should, however, be addressed to the
Secretary, War Office, Whitehall, London,
S.W. ;
applications
regarding warrant
officers, n.c.o.'s and men only should be sent
to Park Buildings, St. James's Park, London,
S.W.
Unqualified Person Acting as a Solicitor.
UPON the 16th February an application was
made by Mr. Serjeant Matheson, K.C., in
the King.'s Bench Division
(before Mr.
Justice Gibson and Mr. Justice Pirn), upon
behalf of the Incorporated Law Society, for
an order
that Frederick O'Flaherty be
adjudged guilty of a contempt of Court by
reason of his having, contraryto the provisions
of Sections 6 and 52 of the Solicitors (Ireland)
Act, 1898, acted as a Solicitor upon behalf
of the defendant in an action taken in the
King's Bench Division, and that a writ of
attachment do issue against him. It appeared
from the affidavits read by Counsel that in
November,
1915,
Frederick O'Flaherty,
acting for the defendant in an action then
pending in the King's Bench Division, had
entered an appearance in the name of the
defendant, and had subsequently prepared
and filed a defence in the name of the defen
dant, and that he had been paid by the
defendant a sum of two pounds and one
shilling for this work.
Frederick O'Flaherty appeared on his own
behalf, and informed the Court that he had
been for many years in employment as clerk
to .a Dublin Solicitor ;
that he had for some
years been acquainted with the defendant,
and as a friend had given her advice ;
that
he entered the appearance and filed the
defence as a friend, and not with the intention
of acting as a Solicitor.
The Court^ made
an
order adjudging
Frederick O'Flaherty guilty of contempt,
and imposed a fine of £50, to be paid by him
within one week, and in default that he be
committed to prison
for one month, or
until he shall have sooner paid the said fine.
ALL communications connected with THE
GAZETTE (other than advertisements) should
be addressed to the Secretary of the Society,
Solicitors' Buildings, Four Courts, Dublin.
Calendar of the Incorporated Law
Society,
1916,
rr*HE Calendar and Law Directory,
*•
published by the Society for 1916,
can be obtained in the Secretary's Office,
price 3s., or by post
3s-
5d.