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negotiated with the aid of the purchaser's solicitor.
Opinion : In
this case where the solicitor examines
the contract and approves of it on the purchaser's
behalf it is negotiated with the aid of the solicitor
even although the price has been agreed between
the parties and no changes are made in the draft
as submitted.
Delays in Government Departments.
THE Secretary submitted replies received to the
Society's letter to the heads of various Departments
asking for the time taken to deal with various
kinds of business when the papers are submitted by
a solicitor in order. It was decided to publish the
information received in the Society's GAZETTE. A
reply from the Estate Duty Office is awaited.
THE
INCORPORATED
LAW
SOCIETY OF NORTHERN
IRELAND.
THE President of the Society for the year 1956-57
is Mr. Leonard I. G. Fox of Belfast. The Vice-
Presidents are Mr. Thomas Q. King, of Belfast,
and Mr. James Napier, of Belfast. The five extra
ordinary members of the Council of this Society
are: Messrs. Thomas Q. King, James J. Napier,
Charles MacLaughlin, James C. Taylor, with the
President.
SOUTHERN LAW ASSOCIATION.
THE Annual General Meeting of
the above
Association took place in Cork on i6th November,
1956. The following officers were elected for the
year 1956-57:—
President: Mr. John B. Jermyn ; Vice-President:
Mr. James W. O'Donovan ; Hon. Treasurer :
Mr.
Bryan J. Murphy ; Hon. Secretary :
Mr. James D.
Donegan; Council: Messrs. T. A. Buckley, J. K.
Coakley, C. J. Daly, J. F. Foley, E. Hayes, J. J.
Horgan, P. J. Kavanagh, G. J. Moloney, B. M.
O'Meara, D. J. Quinlan, M. Boland.
The
following members were appointed
to
represent the Association as Extraordinary members
of the Council of the Incorporated Law Society :
Messrs. John B. Jermyn, Edmund Hayes, Patrick
J. Kavanagh, John F. Foley, James W. O'Donovan.
SOCIETY'S DINNER-DANCE.
A DINNER- DANCE was held on the 22nd November,
1956 in the Ballroom of the Shelbourne Hotel,
Dublin. There was an attendance of approximately
350 members and friends.
PRESENTATION OF
CERTIFICATES
OF ADMISSION.
ON 6th December, the President at a ceremony
in the Society's Library presented certificates of
admission to the following solicitors :
Miss Maureen Bourke, B.A.,
5
Bushy Park
Gardens, Terenure, Dublin;
Peter J. C. Coyle,
York Street, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan ; Dermot
J. Devine, B.A., Ardagh Court, Athlone, Co.
Westmeath (3rd Place, October Final Exam. Silver
Medal);
William J. B. Fallen, Abbey Street,
Wicklow; Noel M. Gleeson, 41 William Street,
Limerick; Michael C. Halpenny, 96 Upr. George's
Street, Dun Laoghaire; William Anthony Irwin,
B.A.," Ellesmere," College Road, Cork ; Humphrey
P. Kelleher, Hazleton, Western Road, Cork ; James
J. Kelly, B.A., Woodville, Templemore, Co.
Tipperary; Miss Iseult C. Kennedy, i Appian
Way, Dublin; Kenneth M.
S. Kenny, B.A.;
Ardshanbally, Adare, Co. Limerick;
Joseph J.
Kiernan, 23 Mount Eden Road, Donnybrook,
Dublin; Edward A. G. Lane, i Warwick Terrace,
Leeson Park, Dublin; Anthony F. McCormack,
Strokestown, Co. Roscommon;
Timothy B.
McEniry, Lower Cork Street, Mitchelstown, Co.
Cork ; Dermot John Moloney, Munster & Leinster
Bank House, Midleton, Co. Cork (ist Place, October
Final Exam. Silver Medal); Michael A. O'Carroll,
Ballinasloe, Co. Galway; Miss Carmel O'Connell,
B.A., Dip. Soc. Sc., H.Dip in Ed., 15 lona Drive,
Dublin; Albert C. O'Dwyer, B.A., Loc Fedora
House, Cashel, Co. Tipperary (Special Cert. October
Final Exam. Overend Scholarship);
Patrick R.
O'Gorman, Hacketstown, Co. Carlow; Nicholas
O'KeefFe,
i Harbour Row, Cobh, Co. Cork;
James V. C. Phillips, West End, Millstreet, Co.
Cork; Michael A. Regan, Rathmolyon, Enfield,
Co. Meath;
Terence M. Williams, B.A.,
24
Palmers ton Gardens, Rathmines, Dublin.
ELECTION OF THE COUNCIL FOR
1957-58.
AT a meeting of the Council on November 22nd
the 14th October, 1957, was appointed as the final
date for receipt of nominations for the election of
the Council for the year 1957-58 and 14th November,
1957, was appointed as the date of the ballot.
OBITUARY.
DISTRICT JUSTICE THADDEUS G. O'SULLIVAN died
on
26th November,
1956
at his
residence,
" Glendower," 24 Castle Park Road, Sandycove,
Co. Dublin.
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