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Vol.
40
No. 10
April,
1947
THE GAZETTE
of the
INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND
President:
H. ST. J. BLAKE
yice-Presidents :
WILLIAM L. DUGGAN
JOHN J.
BOLGER
Secretary :
ERIC
A. PLUNKETT
FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS
MEETING OF THE COUNCIL
MARCH zist. The President in the chair: Also
present: Messrs. W. L. Duggan, Vice-President,
D. O'Connell, J. J. Lynch, W. J. Norman, W. S.
Hayes, H. P. Mayne, J. Barrett, G. A. Overend,
Roger Greene, P. R. Boyd, P. F. O'Reilly, T. A.
O'Reilly. D. P. Shaw, J. P. Carrigan, J. B. Hamill,
A. Cox, S. O hUadhaigh, J. P. Tyrrell.'
The Council passed in silence a vote of sympathy
with the relatives of the late Mr. Eugene Collins.
Applications under Section 18
THE Council considered reports from the Court
of Examiners on applications under Section 18 by
two intending apprentices for total exemption from
the Society's Preliminary Examination.
On the
recommendation of the Court of Examiners, it was
decided not to oppose the granting of the application
by the Chief Justice.
Application under Section 25
THE Council considered an affidavit by a solicitor's
apprentice who
is applying for admission as a
solicitor, grounding an application to the Chief
Justice to sanction his having engaged in an employ–
ment other than that of a solicitor's apprentice
during the period of his indentures. On the report
of the Court of Examiners, it was decided not to
oppose the application.
Terms of appointment of solicitors to local
authorities
A deputation was appointed to interview the Minister
for Local Government, to put forward the view o
the Council on the terms of appointment of solicitors
to local authorities ;
the Minister having already
agreed to receive a deputation.
Unguaranteed cheques on closing sales
THE Council decided, on a report from a Committee,
to publish a strong recommendation to the pro–
fession against the practice in so far as it exists of
offering unguaranteed cheques in exchange for the
title deeds on completion of sales. A note on the
subject is published in this issue.