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DECEMBER, 1918.]
The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
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MR. JOHN J. HANRATTY, Solicitor, died
upon the 9th November, 1918, at Dublin
Road, Newry.
Mr. Hanratty served his apprenticeship
with his brother, Mr. Simon E. Hanratty,
Newry ;
was admitted in Trinity Sittings,
1915, and practised at Newry.
Roll of Honour.
LIEUT. Louis BARRON, Border Regiment,
was killed in action in July, 1916, at the
Somme.
Lieutenant Barren served his apprentice
ship with Mr. H. C. Geoghegan, 122 Stephen's
Green, Dublin, and Mr. John A. Carlyle,
2 Molesworth Street, Dublin ; was admitted
in Hilary Sittings, 1910, and practised at
33 Wicklow Street, Dublin.
Commissioners to Administer Oaths.
THE Lord Chancellor has appointed the
following to be Commissioners to administer
Oaths :—
John F. Smyth, Solicitor, Castleblayney.
George Berrill, Law Clerk, Drogheda.
Philip Brady, Clerk of Petty Sessions,
Bailieborough.
Patrick
J. Brannigan,
Law Clerk,
Drogheda.
Demobilisation.
Solicitors Serving in His Majesty's Forces.
THE Council have been in communication
with the Ministry of Labour (Appointments
Department) in reference to release from duty
of Irish Solicitors at present serving in His
Majesty's Forces, who may for urgent reasons
desire immediate discharge.
The War Office
is receiving numerous
requests from professional men and others
for release, and the reply is that demobilisa
tion has not yet begun, and that release
cannot at present be granted except, as
heretofore, on compassionate grounds.
When demobilisation begins,
the
first
to be
released will be persons holding
Government appointments, those required
for the re-starting of industries of national
importance, and those for whom definite
employment is assured.
In reference to the release of apprentices
to Solicitors, for the purpose of continuing
their studies,
it has been decided
that
students, such as apprentices to Solicitors,
who desire to continue or to enter upon
courses of study under recognised authorities,
shall, for this purpose, be regarded as persons
having definite employment awaiting them.
Returns have been
furnished by
the
Secretary of the Incorporated Law Society
of
Ireland to
the Director, Ministry of
Labour, Appointments Department,
45
Molesworth Street, Dublin, in reference to
all apprentices of Irish Solicitors at present
serving in His Majesty's Forces, so as to
secure that applications by apprentices for
release
on
demobilisation will
be
ex-
peditiously dealt with.
Forms are now being circulated throughout
the armies, which every officer and man will
complete, and such forms, when verified, will
settle the claimant's priority on demobilisa
tion.
Legal Decisions affecting Solicitors.
(Notes of decisions, whether in reported or
unreported cases, of interest to Solicitors, are
invited from Members.)
KING'S BENCH DIVISION (ENGLAND).
(Before McCardie, J., without a jury.)
EDGELOW
v.
MCELWEE.
Moneylending
—
Solicitor
lending money—
Money-lenders Act,
1900.
The plaintiff, a Solicitor, brought this
action to recover a sum of £80 as money due
on a cheque given by defendant for money
lent. The defendant repudiated liability on
the ground that the plaintiff was an un
registered money-lender.