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The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
[DECEMBER,
1911
Scholarships was submitted and adopted.
The list of the successful candidates appears
in this GAZETTE.
A report of the Court of Examiners upon
application by a law clerk for leave to be
bound under Section 16 was considered, and
the application was granted.
Coroners' Inquests.
A Report was submitted from the Parlia
mentary Committee
in
reference
to
the
representation of relations of deceased work
men, or of the Societies to which they may
belong, at Coroners' inquests, and the follow
ing resolution was adopted and a copy was
directed to be sent
to every Coroner in
Ireland :—
" The Council of the Incorporated Law
"
Society of Ireland have recently had their
" attention drawn to the circular of the 17th
" August, 1908, issued by His. Excellency the
"Lord Lieutenant to Coroners. The Council
" consider the suggestion therein contained
" that in certain cases where there is no
" statutable
provision
for
the purpose,
" Coroners should permit persons other than
" Solicitors or Barristers
to appear and
" examine witnesses on behalf of the repre-
" sentatives of deceased or his fellow-work-
" men is highly objectionable, and that if
" adopted by Coroners it would lower the
" dignity of the Court, would lead to con-
" fusion of practice, and would add to the
" difficulties of Coroners. The examination
" and cross-examination of witnesses, con-
" fining the witness to relevant matters and
" so preventing waste of time, can only be
" properly conducted by persons trained in
" the application of the law of evidence, and
" the addressing of the Court by unqualified
" persons must tend to lower the authority
" of the Court, and to expose the proceedings
" to contempt and lead to the waste of public
" time.
" The Council
desire
to
impress
on
" Coroners that even in cases where non-
" professional persons
are permitted by
" statute to appear at inquests, such per-
" mission
is
absolutely
subject
to
the
" discretion of
the Coroner
to grant or
" refuse same."
Easter and Whitsuntide Court Holidays.
A Report was submitted from the Court
and Officers' Committee in reference to the
frequent occurrence during the Easter and
Trinity Court Sittings of the Easter and
Whitsuntide holidays.
It was resolved to
request the rule-making authority to alter
Order LXIIL, Rule 1, so as to provide, as
in the corresponding English rule, for the
termination of Hilary and Easter Sittings,
and the commencement of Easter and Trinity
Sittings to be regulated by the dates of Easter
and Whitsuntide, and so secure that the
Court holidays would occur during
the
respective vacations.
It was decided to ask
the Bar Council to pass a resolution in favour
of the suggested alteration, and a memoran
dum dealing with the matter, submitted by
the Committee was approved of, and copies
directed
to be sent
to
the rule-making
authority and the Bar Council.
Annual Report.
The draft Annual Report of the Council
was considered and amended, and as amended
was adopted.
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November 8th.
Clerk of Crown and Peace, Co. Cork, W.R.
A special meeting of the Council was held
this day, and the following resolution was
adopted, and copies directed to be sent to
His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, the Lord
Chancellor, the Chief Secretary, and the Law
Officers :—
"A vacancy having occurred in the office
'• of Clerk of the Crown and Peace of the
" West Riding of County Cork, the Council
" of
the
Incorporated Law Society of
" Ireland desire strongly to urge upon His
" Majesty's Government that the appoint-
" ment cannot now be conferred upon anyone
" save a practising Solicitor of six years
" standing, as contemplated by the County
" Officers and Courts (Ireland 1!
Act, 1877,
" exception being made in that Act only in
" favour of then existing officers, and in the
" opinion of the Council there is no one now
" qualified within the terms of the Act save
" a practising Solicitor."
November I5(h.
The late Mr. R. P. Vowell.
A letter in reply was read from Mrs.
Vowell
thanking
the Council
for
their
resolution of sympathy.