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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