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Vol.
50
No.
1
MAY,
1956
THE GAZETTE
of the
INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND
President
DERMOT P. SHAW
Vice-frcsidtnts
RALPH J. WALKER
GEORGE G. OVEREND
Secretary
ERIC A. PLUNKETT
FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS
MEETING
OF
THE
COUNCIL.
APRIL I9TH :
The President in the Chair. Also
present Messrs. Ralph J. Walker and George G.
Overend, Vice-Presidents, James R. Quirke, F. J.
Lanigan, Derrick M. Martin, Niall S. Gaffney,
Henry St. J. Blake, George A. Nolan, John J. Sheil,
P. R. Boyd, James J. O'Connor, John Carrigan,
Patrick F. O'Reilly, F. Gallagher, R. McD. Taylor,
John R. Hdpin, Cornelius J. Daly, Francis J.
Gearty, Sean O'hUadhaigh, Thomas A. O'Reilly,
Charles Downing, Reginald J. Nolan, Desmond
J. Collins, Terence de Vere White, Peter E.
O'Connell.
The following was among the business transacted':
Sittings of the High Court on Circuit.
THE Secretary reported that an inquiry had been
addressed to the Bar Council to ascertain whether
that Council would join with the Society in a
submission that Sittings of the High Court on
Circuit should be at equal half yearly intervals, but
that no definite reply had been received.
It was
decided that a deputation from the Council with
representatives of the Southern Law Association
would ask the President of the High Court to
receive them.
Sittings of the High Court in Cork.
IT was decided that a request should be submitted
to the Superior Courts Rules Committee that a
new rule should be made to enable actions to be
remitted to the High Court in Cork by consent of
the parties by a direction in the Central office
without any formal application in Court which adds
to the expense of the trial. If this rule were made
an application to the Court would be necessary
only in the absence of consent of all parties.
Solicitor's liability for witnesses' fees and
expenses.
THE Council considered a report from a Committee
which had obtained senior counsel's opinion on the
question of the liability if any of a solicitor on
record in an action for payment of such items as
hospital
treatment, medical,
fees
for
treatment
of the client and expert witnesses fees and expenses
for attending court to give evidence in the action.
Counsel referred to the question of liability to
medical witnesses principally but his advice also