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Messrs. E. McCarron and D. Pigot was appointed
to deal with the preparation of executor and trustee
precedent forms.
The sub-committee on Hire-Purchase Rules was
re-appointed and consists of Mr. Frank Connolly
(Chairman) and Messrs. Vanston, Gibney, Walker
and Wolfe.
Thanks to the Incorporated Law Society the
Association's Annual Dinner will be held
at
Solicitors' Buildings on Saturday, i4th December.
The District Court Areas sub-committee was
re-constituted and consists of the President and
Messrs. Byrne, McCarron and Farrelly.
It was decided to raise at the forthcoming General
Meeting of the Law Society the question of the
coming
into
force of the Solicitors Accounts
Regulations, 1955.
The next meeting was fixed for Wednesday, 4th
December, 1957.
CO. MONAGHAN SOLICITORS'
BAR ASSOCIATION.
Ax the Annual Meeting of the above the following
office-bearers were elected for 1957-58 :
President:
Mr. M. E. Knight (Clones) ;
Hon. Sec. :
Mr. D. M. Martin (Monaghan);
Hon. Treas. :
Mr. J. B. Murphy (Clones).
Council:
Messrs. J. J.
Keenan (Monaghan), P. J. McEntee (Monaghan),
J. C. O'Carroll (Carrickmacross), J. P. Black (Clones),
W. J. McWilliam (Monaghan) J. Burns (Castle-
blayney), P. C. Coyle (Castleblayney).
CORRESPONDENCE.
Dear Sir,
It is the custom for the Plaintiff's solicitor in actions for
personal injuries to allow medical examinations of their client
by the defendant's doctor, provided plaintiff's doctor is
present. The usual practice is for the defendant's doctor to
limit his inquiries about the occurrence to what is encessary
for the due understanding of the injuries. I have experienced
cases where the defendant's doctor has required the plaintiff
to tell him all about the accident from the beginning and
has thereby obtained and written down the plaintiff's full
version of the accident. I made some inquiries arising out of
such a case and I was informed that some Insurance Company
asked their doctors to get information about the accident from
the injured person.
This appears to be an abuse of the doctor's position and
may necessitate the presence of a representative of the
solicitor for the plaintiff at the examinations.
Yours faithfully,
PATRICK GLYNN.
22 Nassau Street,
DUBLIN.
POOR RELIEF ACTS, 1838 TO 1949.
Dear Sir,
There seems to be general agreement amongst your corres
pondents as to the injustice of the present system whereby
o-wners of rents payable out of properties exempted from
rating are assessable to rates on the half rent. Legislation
would be necessary to remedy the injustice in existing cases.
I have got the impression from the correspondence you
have published that it is not generally known how to guard
against this eventuality in future cases.
It can be done by
making the lessee's covenant to pay outgoings a covenant
to pay all outgoings " assessed charged or imposed on the
premises or the owner or occupier thereof or the rent payable
thereout."
Yours faithfully,
RAYMOND HICKEY.
42, 45 St. Stephen's Green,
DUBLIN.
OBITUARY.
MR. MICHAEL KILLEEN, Solicitor, died on the 29th
September, 1957, at his residence, 4 Bindon Street,
Ennis, Co. Clare.
Mr. Killeen served his apprenticeship with the late
Mr. Thomas Kelly, Kilrash, Co. Clare, was admitted
in Michaelmas Sittings, 1902, and practised at
Kilrush up to his appointment as County Registrar
in 1929.
MR. REUBEN J. DODD, Solicitor, died on the 3rd
October, 1957, at a Dublin hospital.
Mr. Dodd served his apprenticeship with the late
Mr. Peter J. McCann, 5 College Green, Dublin,
was admitted in Trinity Sittings, 1901, and practised
at 5
Gardiner's Place at the date of his death.
MR. THOMAS HEALY, Solicitor, died on the I4th
October, 1957, at his
residence, North Street,
Skibbereen, Co. Cork.
Mr. Healy served his apprenticeship with the
late Mr. Joseph J. Healy, Skibbereen, Co. Cork,
was admitted in Easter Sittings, 1919, and practised
at -Skibbereen under the style of Messrs. Joseph J.
Healy & Co.
MR. FRANCIS J. McKENNA, Solicitor, died on the
i6th October, 1957, at the Surgical Hospital, Cavan.
Mr. McKenna served his apprenticeship with the
late Mr. Thomas J. S. Harbison, Cookstown, Co.
Tyrone, was admitted in Trinity Sittings, 1925,
and was County Registrar at the date of his death.
MR. PETER O'CoNNOR, Solicitor, died on the 9th
November, 1957, at his residence, Upton, Newtown,
Waterford.
Mr. O'Connor served his apprenticeship with the
late Mr. Daniel Dunford, Waterford, was admitted
in Hilary Sittings, 1912, and practised at Waterford
as senior partner in the firm of Messrs. Peter
O'Connor and Son. He was a member of the Council
of this Society from the year 1928 to 1948, and
Vice-President for the year 1932-33.