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Vol. 51
No. 10
April,
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
MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL
MARCH ZOTH :
The President in the Chair. Also
present: Messrs. Halpin, Cox, Nolan, Lanigan,
Walker, Daly, Nash, Maher, O'Connell, Callan,
McCarron, Hayes, O'Connor, Quirke, Nolan
O'Reilly, Taylor, Martin, de Vere White, Sheil,
Collins, Overend, Downing, Burke, O'Donnell,
Boyd, Shaw, Gaffney, Treacy, Tyrell, and Noonan.
The following was among the business transacted :
District Court Rules Committee
MR. EDWARD H. BYRNE was appointed as one of the
Society's representatives on the Committee in place
of the late Mr. Cecil G. Vanston.
Irish Banks Joint Standing Committee
THE Council heard a report from a deputation which
attended a further conference with the Standing
Committee.
The report was approved.
Further
consideration was adjourned until the next meeting
of the Council.
Dublin Solicitors' Bar Association
THE Council considered a report from the Committee
which recommended that the Dublin Solicitors' Bar
Association should have the right to nominate
three extraordinary members of the Council. This
would require an amendment of the Charters. The
Coancil approved of the recommendation in the
report.
APRIL IOTH :
The President in the Chair. Also
present: Messrs. Halpin, Burke, Overend, Gaffney,
Lanigan, Walker, O'Connor, Daly, O'Reilly, Shaw,
Noonan, Doyle, Nolan, Collins, Quirke, McCarron,
O'Connell, Maher, Tyrell, Comerford, Dillon-
Leetch, Sheil, Taylor, Nolan, Nash, Mayne.
The following was among the business transacted :
O
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Taxation of Executor's Costs. Right of Resid
uary Legatee.
MEMBERS inquired whether there is any, and if so
what authority for a claim by a sole residuary
legatee to have delivered to him particulars of the
costs of administration of an estate for which the
executor-trustees are responsible and to which they
have agreed.
The estate in question has been
administered and the residue been ascertained and
paid.
If the legatee is entitled to particulars, must
he pay the costs of copying and furnishing the bill?
On a report from the Committee the Council stated
that in their opinion a Court has power under
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