Vol. 49
No. 7
JANUARY,
1956
THE GAZETTE
of the
INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND
President
DERMOT P. SHAW
Vice-Presidents
RALPH J. WALKER
GEORGE G. OVEREND
Secretary
ERIC A. PLUNKETT
FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS
IMPORTANT.
THE ktest date for taking out practising certificates
in time -was 4th February, 1956.
Attention is
drawn to the provisions of Part V of the Solicitors
Act, 1954, with regard to the issuing of practising
certificates, and to sections 54 to 57 with regard to
the qualifications for acting as solicitor and the
consequences of practising without a certificate.
The form of declaration which must be made in
order to obtain a practising certificate may be taken
up by Dublin solicitors, or by country solicitors by
their town agents, on application to the Society's
office. Neither the declaration nor the certificate
when issued can be sent by post.
Lectureship on Company and Executorship ~Law
The Council invite applications for the above
position.
Particulars may be obtained from
the Society. Closing date iyth February.
MEETING OF THE COUNCIL.
DECEMBER STH :
Mr. O'Reilly and afterwards Mr.
Shaw in the Chair. Also present : Messrs Henry
St. J. Blake, John J. Sheil, James J. O'Connor,
F. X. Burke, Niall S. Gaffney, John R. Halpin,
Desmond J. Collins, F. J. Gearty, George G.
Overend, Cornelius J. Daly, Patrick R. Boyd,
William J. Norman, Peter E. O'Connell, R. McD.
Taylor, John Carringan, Arthur Cox, Charles J.
Downing, Joseph Barrett, C. E. Callan, Joseph
Tyrrell, T. de Vere White, Ralph J. Walker, Patrick
F. O'Reilly, John J. Nash, George A. Nolan, James
R. Quirke, J. F. Foley.
The following was among the business transacted :
Joint Committee with the Bar Council.
MESSRS. James J. O'Connor, Desmond J. Collins
and G. G. Overend were reappointed as the Society's
representatives.
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