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Vol. 49
No. 5
November,
1955
THE GAZETTE
of the
INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND
President
THOMAS A. O'REILLY
Vice-Presidents
DESMOND J. MAYNE
JOHN J. SHEIL
Secretary
ERIC A. PLUNKETT
FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS
MEETING OF THE COUNCIL.
OCTOBER
i3TH: The President in the Chair.
Also present, Messrs. Desmond J. Mayne and
John J. Sheil, Vice-Presidents, Henry St. J. Blake,
George A. Nolan, Terence De Vere White, Niall
S. Gaffney, Cornelius J. Daly, Derrick M. Martin,
Joseph Barrett, John J. Nash, P. R. Boyd, John
Maher, Ralph J. Walker, John Carrigan, William
J. Norman, Scan O hUadhaigh, Peter E. O'Connell,
Joseph Tyrrell, John R. Halpin, George G. Overend,
Francis J. Lanigan, Arthur Cox, Desmond J.
Collins, Patrick F. O'Reilly, Francis X. Burke,
Charles J. Downey, Dermot P. Shaw, Reginald
J. Nolan.
The following was among the business transacted :
Solicitors' Accounts Regulations
DRAFT Regulations to be made by the Society
with the concurrence of the Chief Justice under
Section 66 of the Solicitors Act, 1954, were
considered and approved.
It was decided th?t
the regulations should be signed at the next meeting
of the Council to come into operation on ist
January, 1957.
Workmen's Compensation Commission
THE Council considered a letter from the Depart
ment of Social Welfare and at the request of the
Minister submitted the names of three members of
the Society who would be willing to act on a
Commission which
the Minister proposes
to
establish to consider the Workmen's Compensation
Acts and any desirable legislation.
Commissioner for Oaths. Interest.
THE Council considered a report from a Committee
on a query as to whether a solicitor who is a
commissioner for oaths is entitled to take affidavits
sworn by the general manager of a company fi om
which he holds a general retainer for business
in Dublin, the affidavits being used for proceedings
in the country in which the commissioner is not
on
record, merely
transmitting
the company's
instructions to local solicitors and not receiving
any costs or agency commission.
The Council
decided that this is primarily a question for the
Chiet
Justice who has
jurisdiction in matters
affecting commissioners for oaths but that the
Council would not give their approval to the
course suggested.