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MARCH, 1912] The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
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Notaries Public.
THE Lord Chancellor has appointed
the
;
following to be Notaries Public :—
i
Eugene F. Collins, Solicitor, 19 Eustace
j
Street, Dublin.
I
Nathaniel Taylor, Solicitor, 23 St. Stephen's
Green, Dublin.
Commissioners to Administer Oaths.
•
THE Lord Chancellor has appointed
the
following to be Commissioners to adminster
I
Oaths :—
Edward A. Hughes, J.P., Merchant, Graig-
na-managh, Co. Kilkenny.
William X. White, Solicitor, Maryborough,
Queen's Co.
Obituary.
MR. OMAR C. NELSON, Solicitor, Belfast, died
upon the 3rd February, 1912, at Belfast.
Mr. Nelson, who served his apprenticeship
with the late Mr. Edward Gardner, Down-
patrick, was admitted in Easter Sittings,
1878, and practised at 57 Arthur Street.
Belfast, in partnership with Mr. George L.
MacLaine, under the style of G. L. MacLaine
and Co., and the business will be carried on
by Mr. George L. MacLaine. in partnership
with Mr. W. H. Niall Nelson, son of the late
Mr. Omar C. Nelson.
MR. EDWARD BATES, Solicitor, died upon the
19th February, 1912, at his residence St.
Columba, Knock.
Mr. Bates, who served his apprenticeship
with his brother, the late Mr. Richard D.
Bates, Belfast, was admitted
in Trinity
Sittings, 1881, and practised formerly in
partnership with Mr. W. V. Davidson, under
the style of Bates and Davidson,
sub
sequently
in partnership with Mr. T. S.
Johns, under the style of Johns, Bates and
Johns, and latterly in partnership with his
nephew, Mr. Richard D. Bates (who carries
on the business), at Mayfair, Arthur Square.
Belfast, under the style of E. & R. D. Bates.
Mr. Bates was appointed Crown Solicitor for
the County of Antrim and the City of Belfast
in 1892, and occupied that position up to the
time of his death.
MR. ARTHUR F. MAFFETT, Solicitor, Dublin,
died upon
the 7th February,
1912.
at
Armagh.
Mr. Maffett, who served his apprenticeship
with
the
late Mr. William Sullivan,
(i
Stephen's Green, Dublin, and the late Mr.
Edward D. Argles,
12 Gardiner's Place.
Dublin, was admitted in Hilary Term, 1877.
and practised formerly at 24 South Frederick
Street, Dublin, and latterly at 6 St. Andrew
Street, Dublin.
In
the year
1894 Mr.
Maffett was appointed Registrar
to
the
County Court Judge of Counties Armagh
and Louth, which position he occupied to "the
time of his death. The business of the late
Mr. Maffett will be carried on by Mr. Henry
R. Emerson, Solicitor, under the style of
Arthur F. Maffett and Co.
Recent Decisions affecting Solicitors.
(Notes of decisions, whether in reported or
unreported cases, of interest to Solicitors,
are invited from Members.)
CHANCERY DIVISION (ENGLAND).
(Before Warrington, J.)
Re
PAINE.
!
Jan. 23, 1912.—
Solicitor—Retainer
—
Conflict
between Solicitor and Client.
THIS case raised the question whether a
Solicitor was entitled to charge as for pro
fessional
business
for business
done
in
relation to matters arising out of what were
alleged
to be mere
social conversations
between himself and his client.
The Solicitor and client were neighbours,
and on terms of social intimacy. The client
employed the Solicitor as such in regard to
certain specified matters; but the Solicitor
and client used also to visit one another after
dinner, and on these occasions they smoked
and talked over various matters, including
matters of business. The Solicitor had made
professional charges in relation to a proposed
purchase of land by the client, and with
regard to some investments.
As
to the
former, it appeared that in one of the after-
dinner conversations
the client
told
the
Solicitor that he had some idea of buying a
piece of land and building a house on it.
The Solicitor thereupon went to the owner