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Vol. 49
No. 1
May,
1955
THE GAZETTE
of the
INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND
President
THOMAS A. O'REILI.Y
Vice-Pretidents
DESMOND J. MAYNE
JOHN J. SHEIL
Secretary
EMC A. PLUNKETT
FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS
MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL.
APRIL 2 IST :
The President in the Chair.
Also
present, Messrs. Desmond J. Mayne and John J.
Sheil, Vice-Presidents; James J. O'Connor, John
J. Nash, Peter E. O'Connell, John J. Dundon, John
Maher, Edmund Hayes, Reginald J. Nolan, Charles
J. Downing, John J. Horgan, John R. Halpin,
Cornelius J. Daly, Ralph J. Walker, William J.
Norman, George G. Overend, Dermot P. Shaw,
Derrick M. Martin, Thomas Q. King, Francis J.
Lanigan, Nathaniel Lacy, Desmond J. Collins,
Francis Gallagher, Niall S. Gaffney, Patrick R. Boyd,
John Carrigan, Henry St. J. Blake, Patrick F.
O'Reilly, Joseph P. Tyrrell, Scan O'hUadhaigh,
Joseph Barrett.
The following was among the business transacted :
Sales with loans under the Small Dwellings
(Acquisition)
Acts,
and sales by local
authorities to tenant-purchasers.
THE Council considered a report from a Committee
which considered the memoranda received from
the Department of Local Government on the subject
of costs in these matters and it was decided to list
them on the agenda for the ordinary general meeting
of the Society on May izth as special business.
Taxation of personal representatives' costs.
Representation of beneficiaries.
NINETEEN
residuary legatees under a will were
represented by one solicitor for the purpose of
taxing the executors' costs. Two of the residuary
legatees subsequently consulted another solicitor
and instructed him to obtain a copy of the bill as
certified from the solicitor for the personal represen–
tatives who was unwilling to furnish it. They asked
the opinion of the Council whether they were entitled
to receive the bill for perusal and return free of
charge. On a report from a Committee the Council
expressed the opinion that as all the beneficiaries
employed one solicitor to represent them on the
taxation of the costs querists were not entitled free
of charge to a copy of the bill as a voucher for the
amounts claimed in the distribution account and
the solicitor who appeared on the taxation cannot
be compelled to furnish it. The clients would be
entitled to inspect the bill at the solicitor's office.
On the other hand the Council thought that the
facilities ought to be given. If they were not given