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Vol. 40
No.
8
February,
1947
THE GAZETTE
of the
INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND
President :
H. ST. J. BLAKE
Vice-Presidents :
WILLIAM L. DUGGAN
JOHN J. BOLGER
Secretary :
ERIC A.
PLUNKETT
FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS
MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL
JANUARY 9th.
The President in the chair: Also
present: Messrs. W. L. Duggan and J. J. Bolger,
Vice-Presidents; Messrs. J. R. Quirke, N. S.
Gaffney, J. J. Lynch, D. O'Connell, J. P. Tyrrell,
P. F. O'Reilly, T. A. O'Reilly, R. J. Nolan, J. S.
O'Connor, J. P. Carrigan, J. T. Wolfe, J. J. Smyth,
H. O'Donnell, Roger Greene, A.
Cox,
S.
6 hUadhaigh.
The following was among the business transacted :
Arbitrations
under Post Office
Savings
Banks Acts
The Council considered a report from a Com–
mittee on the position in arbitrations arising out
of disputes between depositors and the Post Office
Savings Bank. The Acts under which the arbitra–
tions are conducted do not give power to the
arbitrator to award costs. The Committee reported
that this is a hardship on depositors and recom–
mended that the matter should be taken up with
the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs. The report
of the Committee was adopted.
Agricultural Credit Bill, 1946
THE Council considered a report from a Comtnittec
to which the above Bill had been referred. The
Committee reported that the Bill contains a number
of objectionable provisions.
The chief provision
in the Bill to which exception was taken was the
section under which the Agricultural Credit Cor–
poration is to be empowered to recover moneys
due to the Corporation by sending a certificate
of the amount due, under the seal of the Corporation,
to the County Registrar who will be able to levy
execution without the order of any Court.
The
Committee reported that the Secretary had written
to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Department
of Finance asking for an interview for repre–
sentatives of the Council to urge that this Section
should be withdrawn.
The report of the Com–
mittee was adopted.
International Bar Association
THE Council considered and
adopted a report
front a Committee of the Council recommending
that the Society should not accept the invitation