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Employment of former solicitor.
ON a report from a Committee it was decided to
grant an application under section 60 by a solicitor
to employ and
remunerate in connection with
his practice a former solicitor who had been struck
off the roll. Permission was given for a period of
two years and subject to certain conditions.
Bills in the Oireachtas.
REPORTS from the Legislation Committee on the
following Bills were considered.
Fatal Injuries Bill 1955.
Lotteries Bill 1955.
Statutes of Limitation draft Bill 1954.
Forestry Bill 1955.
Solicitors in Local Government Service.
THE Council considered a report from a Committee
on the action taken with the Department of Local
Government to secure early action on the lines
agreed with the Minister last July on the subject
of salaries and conditions.
COMMITTEES OF THE COUNCIL,
1955-56.
Registrar's Committee.
SEAN O HUADHAIGH, Chairman; Patrick R. Boyd,
Desmond J. Collins, Senator Arthur Cox, Cornelius
J. Daly, Francis J. Gearty, Patrick F.
O'Reilly,
James R. Quirke, John J. Sheil, Joseph P. Tyrrell,
Ralph J. Walker.
Compensation Fund Committee.
PATRICK R. BOYD, Chairman ; Henry St. J. Blake,
John Carrigan, Desmond J.-Collins, Senator Arthur
Cox, Cornelius
J. Daly, Charles
J. Downing,
Francis J. Lanigan, James R. Quirke, John J. Sheil,
Ralph J. Walker, Terence de Vere White.
Court of Examiners.
DESMOND
J.
COLLINS, Chairman;
Charles
J.
Downing, Scan O hUadhaigh, James R. Quirke,
John J. Sheil, Joseph P. Tyrrell, with the President,
Vice-Presidents,
and
immediate
past-President,
ex-officio.
Legislation and Privileges Committee.
GEORGE G. OVEREND, Chairman; Henry St. J.
Blake, Francis X. Burke, John Carrigan, Senator
Arthur Cox, Desmond J. Mayne, George A. Nolan,
Reginald J. Nolan, Peter E. O'Connell, James R.
Quirke, Terence de Vere White, with the President,
Vice-Presidents and immediate past-President, ex-
officio.
Court and Offices Committee.
RALPH J. WALKER, Chairman;
Joseph "Barrett,
Francis X. Burke, Niall S. Gafmey, Francis J.
Gallagher, John R. Halpin, Francis J. Lanigan,
Derrick M. Martin, John J. Nash, James
J.
O'Connor, Patrick F. O'Reilly, with the President,
Vice-Presidents, and immediate past-President, ex-
officio.
Finance Committee.
JOHN CARRIGAN, Chairman;
Patrick R. Boyd,
Senator Arthur Cox, John J. Dundon, Francis J.
Gallagher, William J. Norman, Peter E. O'Connell,
R. McD. Taylor, with the President, Vice-Presidents,
and immediate past-President, ex-officio.
Publications Committee.
CHARLES
J. DOWNING, Chairman;
Francis X.
Burke, C. E. Callan, Francis J. Gallagher, Francis J.
Gearty, Francis J. Lanigan, George A. Nolan,
John J. Sheil, R. McD. Taylor, Terence de Vere
White, with
the President, Vice-Presidents and
immediate past-President, ex-officio.
THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE.
THOMAS A. O'REILLY, Chairman; Joseph Barrett,
Niall S. Garniey, John R. Halpin, Desmond J.
Mayne, John J. Nash, William J. Norman, James J.
O'Connor, George G. Overend, Dermot P. Shaw.
COUNTY KERRY LAW SOCIETY.
AT the Annual General Meeting of the Society, the
following officers and Committee were elected for
the year 1956:
President, Gerald Baily; Vice-
President, Thomas O'Neill;
Chairman, C.
J.
Downing ;
Secretary and Treasurer, J. J. Grace;
Committee :
J. C. Guihan, M. L. O'Connell, J. J.
O'Donnell, J. D. O'Connell, D. E. Browne, J. S
O'Reilly, D. F. O'Shea, H. J. Downing, W. A.
Crowley.
I.B.A.
THE OSLO CONFERENCE.
THE Sixth International Conference of the Legal
Profession under the auspices of the International
Bar Association will be held in Oslo, Norway,
July 23-28, 1956, with Den Norske Sakforerforening
as Host Organization.
The International Bar Association is composed
of the national bar associations of forty-eight
nations of the world, with approximately four
hundred individual members of the legal profession
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