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Vol. 50
No. 5
NOVEMBER,
1956
THE GAZETTE
oj the
INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND
Presidmt
DERMOT P. SHAW
Vice-Prtsidentt
RALPH J. WALKER
GEORGE G. OVEREND
Sttritarj
ERIC A. PLUNKETT
FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS
MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL.
OCTOBER 3RD : The President in the Chair. Also
present Messrs. Ralph J. Walker and George G.
Overend, Vice-Presidents,
James
J. O'Connor,
Desmond J. Mayne, William J. Norman, Joseph
Barrett, John B.
Jermyn, Peter E. O'Connell,
Joseph P. Tyrrell, Scan O'hUadhaigh, John R.
'Halpin, Reginald J. Nolan, Derrick M. Martin,
Thomas A. O'Reilly, Robert McD. Taylor, John
J. Sheil, Arthur Cox, James R. Quirke, Terence
De Vere White.
A special meeting of the Council was held to
consider orders published by the Minister for Justice
increasing the Court fees payable in respect of
proceedings in the High Court and the Circuit and
District Courts. It was resolved that a letter should
be sent immediately to the daily newspapers drawing
public attention to the amount of the increases and
the manner in which they were imposed. The orders
were referred to a Committee of the Council for
further examination with a view to making re
presentations to the Minister for Justice to have them
amended or modified.
OCTOBER IITH : The President in the Chair. Also
present Messrs. Robert McD. Taylor, Reginald
J. Nolan, Thomas A. O'Reilly, George A. Nolan,
John R. Halpin, George G. Overend, James J.
O'Connor, Niall S. Gaffney, Arthur Cox, Francis
J. Lanigan, James R. Quirke, Christopher E.
Callan,
Scan O'hUadhaigh, Ralph
J. Walker,
John Carrigan, Terence de Vere White, John J.
Sheil, Patrick F. O'Reilly, Charles J. Downing,
John J. Nash, Joseph P. Tyrrell, Desmond J. Mayne.
The following was among the business transacted :
Taxing Officer under the Labourers
Acts.
IT was decided to send a letter to the Department of
Local Government
requesting
that
the vacant
position of taxing officer should be filled without
delay.
Applications to take apprentices.
THREE applications by solicitors under Section 36
to the Act for leave to have more than one apprentice
at the same time were considered. One application
was refused. Two applications, both in respect of
children of the applicants were granted.
University law lectures.
THE Council decided that credit will be given under
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