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SOLICITORS'
ACCOUNTS REGULATIONS, 1955
Copies of the Solicitors' Accounts Regulations,
1955 (S.I. No. 218 of 1955) which will come into
force on the ist January, 1957, and which regulate
the procedure by which solicitors will keep separate
client bank accounts, will be on sale in due course at
the Government Publications Sale Office, The
Arcade, Henry Street, Dublin.
These regulations
will not affect the'declarations to be filed for practising
certificates in January, 1956.
APPOINTMENT OF LAW LECTURER
THE Council invite applications from members
for appointment as lecturer on company law and
executorship law and practice. The duties of the
new lecturer will commence in Michaelmas Sittings
1956. Particulars of the salary and duties and con
ditions of appointment may be obtained from the
Secretary.
MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL
NOVEMBER 3RD:
The President in the Chair.
Also present, Messrs. Desmond J. Mayne and
John J. Sheil, Vice-Presidents, Desmond J. Collins,
Joseph Barrett, Derrick M. Martin, Francis J.
Lanigan, Patrick R. Boyd, Ralph J. Walker, Cornelius
J. Daly, George G. Overend, Niall S. Gaffney,
Reginald J. Nolan, John R. Halpin, Charles J.
Downing, Arthur Cox, Peter E. O'Connell, J. P.
Tyrrell, William J. Norman, Francis J. Gearty,
Scan O'hUadhaigh, John Carrigan, Henry St. J.
Blake, John J. Nash, Patrick F. O'ReiUy, Terence
de Vere White, Dermot P. Shaw, Edmund Hayes,
John Maher.
The following was among the business transacted :
Apprenticeship and Education Regulations
THE Solicitors' Act,
1954
(Apprenticeship &
Education) Regulations 1955 were made and signed
by the President.
Solicitors' Accounts Regulations, 1955
THE Regulations were made and signed by the
President to be submitted to the Chief Justice for
his concurrence.
Solicitors' motor insurance policies
MEMBERS wrote stating that solicitors are in a
unfavourable position as compared with doctors
in that the ordinary motor insurance policy issued
to a medical practitioner covers the risk of negligence
by a locum tenens without any additional premium.
It was stated that in the case of solicitors an additional
premium is payable to include cover if the car is
driven on the insured's business by any person other
than the insured. It was decided that representations
should be made to the tariff companies and further
consideration was adjourned.
Medical and other expert witnesses' fees
ENQUIRIES were received from two members as to
their personal liability,
if any, for payment of
expert witnesses' fees—in one case a doctor and
in the other an actuary. The Council were asked to
express an opinion only on the question of pro
fessional liability, and before doing so decided to
obtain Counsel's opinion on the legal aspect. Further
consideration was adjourned.
Land Commission
costs
FOLLOWING representations from members as
to
the inadequacy of the costs allowed in certain
proceedings in the Land Commission a sub-com
mittee was appointed to consider the matter and to
prepare a draft case for submission to the appropriate
authorities.
Solicitors to building societies and lending
institutions. Costs.
THE Council considered applications from solicitors
for waivers under regulation 9 of the Solicitors'
Act,
1954
(Professional Practice, Conduct and
Discipline) Regulations, 1955, to enable them to
charge reduced scales of costs when acting for
building societies.
It was decided that the Council
would give favourable consideration to applications
for waivers.
NOVEMBER 24TH :
The President in the Chair.
Also present: Messrs. John J. Sheil, Vice-President,
Desmond J. Collins, Joseph Barrett, Derrick M.
Martin, Francis Gallagher, Patrick R. Boyd, Ralph
J. Walker, Cornelius J. Daly, George G. Overend,
R. McD. Taylor, Reginald J. Nolan, John R.
Halpin, Charles J. Downing, Arthur Cox, Francis
J. Lanigan, Peter E. O'Connell, C. E. Callan,
William
J. Norman, Francis
J. Gearty, Scan
O'hUadhaigh, John Carrigan, Henry St. J. Blake,
John J. Nash, Patrick F. O'Reilly, Terence de
Vere White, Dermot P. Shaw, James R. Quirke,
Francis X. Burke.