The Gazette 1955-58

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Vol. 50
No. 9
MARCH,
1956
THE GAZETTE
of the
INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND
President
DERMOT P. SHAW
Viee-F'residents
RALPH J. WALKER
GEORGE G. OVEREND
Secretary
ERIC A. PLUNKETT
FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS
MEETING OF THE COUNCIL.
FEBRUARY 9™ : The President in the Chair. Also
present Messrs. Ralph J. Walker and George G.
Overend, Vice-Presidents, J. R. Quirke, F. X.
Burke, John R. Halpin, George A. Nolan, Reginald
Nolan, John J. Nash, Francis J. Lanigan, Scan
O'hUadhaigh, Joseph P. Tyrrell, James J. O'Connor,
John Dundon, C. E. Callan, F. J. Gearty, P. R.
Boyd, Patrick F. O'Reilly, Niall Gaffney, William
Norman, Peter E. O'Connell, R. McD. Taylor,
Terence de Vere White, Desmond J. Collins, Derrick
M. Martin, John Carrigan, Desmond Mayne,
Charles Downing, Cornelius J. Daly, Joseph Barrett.
The following was among the business transacted :
pensation Fund Committee.
Council considered and approved the report of
ompensation Fund Committee for the year
•nded 5th January, 1956.
Solicitors' Motor Insurance Policies.
'."HE Council considered a report from a Committee
(:•• a the anomalous position of solicitors vis-a-vis medical
practitioners in regard to insurance premiums where
a car is driven by an assistant on the employer's
business. The tariff companies make no increase
where the car is driven by a locum tenens partner
or assistant of a medical practitioner but in the
case of solicitors there is an increase of 10 per cent, if
the car is driven by anyone other than the insured.
This increase will be only 5 per cent, if the extra
cover is limited to one named person. The Com
mittee reported that representations had been made
without success to the insurance companies to
place solicitors on the same terms as medical practi
tioners. The Committee were of opinion that
further representations would not produce any
useful result but directed that member's attention
should be drawn to the position in view of the
danger that a solicitor would not be covered against
liability for negligence if the car were driven on
professional business by any person other than the
insured unless the policy had been extended.
Bar Associations.
IT was decided that the President should approach
solicitors practising in areas where bar associations