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by a gross sum in lieu of detailed charges in respect
of any business falling within clause 2
(c)
S.R.G.O.
1884 but the solicitor must deliver'a written state
ment of the charge with notification that the client
may within twelve months therefrom or within
one month after payment whichever is later required
a detailed bill which will be subject to taxation.
The Council expressed the opinion that (i) the
reference to business in any action or transacted
in any court in Section
z
of the Solicitors' Remunera
tion Act 1881 prima facie and probably means busi
ness in any Court in the Republic and accordingly
that Section 8 of the Solicitors' Remuneration Act
1881 would apply to an agreement with reference
to business in a foreign court (2) Member could
enter into a binding agreement with the client subject
to the provisions of the Section. (3) Member could
also charge a gross sum complying with the require
ments of S.R.G.O. (No. 2) 1920.
Branch Office.
A member who proposed to open a branch office
attending in person for one hour each day asked
for the approval of the Council.
The Council
affirmed their previous ruling published in the
Society's GAZETTE in June 1951
in which it was
stated that it is not in accordance with proper
professional practice that a solicitor's office should
be managed by an unqualified assistant without
adequate professional supervision of clients' busi
ness. While the adequacy of the supervision must
depend upon the facts of particular cases the Council
are generally of the opinion that a branch office
which is open daily should be managed by a qualified
assistant. If there is no permanent qualified assistant
in charge of the office it should be open only on
days when the principal attends in person.
The
question of the adequacy of the supervision over
a branch office may be raised under Section 49 (i)
(g)
of the Solicitors Act 1954 on the issue of a
practising certificate by the Registrar's Committee
to whom the functions of the Society in this respect
are delegated. Member's attention was directed to
the Section and the Council stated that they could
not anticipate any decision of the Registrar's
Committee thereon.
Dinner Dance.
A DINNER dance for members and their friends will
be held in the new ballroom of the Shelbourne
Hotel, Dublin, on Thursday, 22nd November next,
the date of the Ordinary General Meeting. Further
particulars will be published in the August issue
of the Society's GAZETTE.
Applications
from
members will be dealt with in order of receipt.
Members may apply for tickets
t
:>r friends. The price
of tickets will.not exceed £i 55. od. per head, to
include dinner and dance. Applications for tickets
should not be made until after the next announce
ment.
PROGRAMME OF LECTURES,
1956-57.
COURSE A.
Company Law and Administration of Estates.
Fifty lectures delivered as follows :—
Michaelmas Sittings—18 ;
Hilary Sittings—22;
Easter Sittings—10.
Minimum attendance
for
credit is, Michaelmas—14; Hilary—17; Easter—7.
Lectures each Monday and Thursday at 2.15 o'clock,
save where otherwise notified.
COURSE B.
Conveyancing Law and Practice and Land Law,
50 lectures delivered as follows :—
Michaelmas Sittings—18 ;
Hilary Sittings—22 ;
Easter Sittings—10.
Minimum attendance for
credit is Michaelmas—14; Hilary—17; Easter—7:
Lectures each Tuesday and Friday at 2.15 o.clock,
save where otherwise notified.
COURSE C.
The Procedure and Practice of the Courts, 50
lectures delivered as follows :—
Michaelmas Sittings—18 ;
Hilary Sittings—22;
Easter Sittings—10.
Minimum attendance for
credit is, Michaelmas—14; Hilary—17; Easter—7.
Lectures each Tuesday and Saturday at 9 a.m.,
save where otherwise notified.
COURSE D.
Taxation
including death duties,
50
lectures
delivered as follows :—
Michaelmas Sittings—ri8 ; Hilary Sittings—22;
Easter Sittings—10.
Minimum attendance for
credit is, Michaelmas—14 ; Hilary—17 ; Easter—7.
Lectures each Monday at 9 a.m. and Saturday at
10.15 a.m., save where otherwise notified.
COURSE E.
Book-keeping, 50 lectures delivered as follows :—
Michaelmas Sittings—18 ;
Hilary Sittings—22;
Easter Sittings—10.
Minimum attendance
for
credit is, Michaelmas—14 ; Hilary—17 ; Easter—7.
Lectures each Monday and Thursday at 3.30 o'clock,
save where otherwise notified.