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Vol.
51
No. 9
March,
1958
THE GAZETTE
of the
INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND
President
JOHN CARRIGAN
Vice-Presidents
JOHN R. HALPIN,
FRANCIS J. LANIGAN
Secretary
ERIC A. PLUNKETT
FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS
MEETING OF THE COUNCIL
FEBRUARY
ZJTH :
The President in the Chair. Also
present: Messrs. John R. Halpin and Francis J.
Lanigan, Vice-Presidents ;
Desmond J. Collins,
James J. O'Connor, Thomas A. O'Reilly, Ralph J.
Walker, Patrick R. Boyd, George G. Overend,
Cornelius J. Daly, John Maher, Peter E. O'Connell,
Joseph P. Tyrrell, Eunan McCarron, William Dillon
Leetch, Derrick M. Martin,
Edward Treacy,
Arthur Cox, George A. Nolan, John J. Sheil,
Niall S. Gaffney, Terence de Vere White, Robert
McD. Taylor, Patrick O'Donnell, Patrick Noonan,
Dermot P. Shaw, John J. Nash, William J. V.
Comerford, James W. O'Donovan.
The following was among the business transacted :
Land Commission Costs
THE Council heard a report from a deputation
which met officials of the Land Commission to
discuss the question of costs. The deputation had
submitted
inter alia
that the scale of costs under the
Provisional Rules 1924, which now stand at 25 per
cent, above the 1939 level of costs, is inadequate
and pressed for an increase. The officials had agreed
that a case had been made for an increase, but the
deputation had to report that no satisfactory progress
had been made although the matter has been under
discussion since 1956.
It had been pointed out in
the course of the discussion that the official cost-of-
living index figure average for 1957 showed an
increase of 150 per cent, over 1939, and that civil-
service salaries as a whole had risen by 139 per cent.,
and that it was self-evident that an increase of 25
per cent, could not compensate solicitors for Land
Commission work.
It was decided that further
representations should be made.
New Schedule II
THE Council considered and approved a draft of a
new General Order to be submitted to the Statutory
Body under the Solicitors Remuneration Act, 1881.
Taxation of Costs.
Change of Solicitor.
Acting for client of opposing Solicitor
MEMBER acted for the successful litigant in certain
proceedings in which his client was awarded costs.
He was subsequently informed that the opposing
solicitor would not be appearing for the other party
on the taxation of his party and party costs. He was
subsequently approached by the unsuccessful party
and requested to appear on the taxation of the
solicitor and own client bill of costs received by
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