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Vol. 41
No. 1
May,
1947
THE GAZETTE
of the
INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND
President:
H. ST. J. BLAKE
Vice-Presidcnts :
WHilAM L. DUGGAN
JOHN J. BOLGER
Secretary :
ERIC A. PLUNKBTT
FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS
MEETING OF THE COUNCIL
APRIL 25TH. Mr. W. L. Duggan, Vice-President,
an the Chair. Also present: Mr. J. J. Bolger,
Vice-President ;
Messrs
J. R. Quirke, N.
S.
Gaffney,
J. J. Lynch, W. J. Norman, H. P.
Mayne, W. S. Hayes, P. R. Boyd, D. O'Connell,
A. S. Merrick, H. O'Donnell, R. J. Nolan, D. P.
'Shaw, W. S. Huggard, R. A. Macaulay, T. A.
O'Reilly, R. Greene, J. Barrett, J. J. Smyth, J. P.
Tyrrell, A. Cox, P. F. O'ReiUy.
The following was among the business transacted :
Illness of the President
THE Chairman informed the meeting that he was
sorry to have to report that the President had been
taken ill after a recent meeting of a Committee of
the Council and that he would have to remain in
a nursing home for some time.
It was decided to
send a message of sympathy to
the President
expressing
the Council's hope
for his
speedy
recovery.
Lease Costs Query
THE opinion of the Council was sought as to the
scale of costs applicable to the following lease of
business premises
in Dublin term, 21
years;
consideration, fine of £1,000 and yearly rent of
£500.' P.L.V.
£175-
In
the opinion of
the
Council, having regard to the fine, the rent was not
a rack rent, and having regard to the provisions
of the Landlord and Tenant Act the lease was for
a long term. The costs calculated on the rent
should be drawn on the scale applicable to long
leases not at a rack rent with the appropriate scale
free on the fine.
Costs of agreements for short tenancies
THE Council considered a report from a Committee
on a suggestion that, having regard to the provisions
of the Landlord and Tenant Acts, the full scale of
costs applicable to leases at rack rents should be
charged for agreements for weekly, monthly and
other short tenancies, as such agreements now in
effect usually create
leases for indefinite
terms.
The Committee reported that there is a widespread