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Vol. 41
No. 4
August,
1947
THE GAZETTE
of the
INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND
President:
H. ST. J. BLAKE
F'ice-PresiJents :
WILLIAM L. DUGGAN
JOHN J. BOLGER
Secretary :
ERIC A. PLUNKETT
FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS
MEETING OF THE COUNCIL
JULY
lyth. The President
in
the chair: Also
present: Mr. William L. Duggan, Vice-President;
Senator L. E. O'Dea; Messrs. W.
S. Hayes,
J. S. O'Connor, T.D., P. F. O'Reilly, D.O'Connell,
J. R. Quirke, N. S. Gaffney, J. J. Smyth, D. P.
Shaw, J. Barrett, G. A. Overend, W. J. Norman,
A. Cox, J. P. Tyrrell, J. B. Hamill, J. Travers Wolfe,
R. A. Macaulay, Roger Greene, S. O hUadhaigh,
T. A. O'Reilly, R. J. Nolan, C. E. Callan, P.
O'Connor, P. R. Boyd.
The following was among the business transacted:
Applications under Sections 16 and 18
THREE applications from law clerks for leave to be
bound as apprentices for three years only, pursuant
to Section 16 were considered on reports from the
Court of Examiners and granted.
Six applications under Section 18 for exemption
from the Preliminary Examination were considered
on reports from the Court of Examiners.
In one
case it was decided to oppose the application for
exemption. In four cases it was decided to oppose
the application for total exemption but not to
oppose an application for a modified examination,
and in the remaining case it was decided not to
oppose the application for total exemption.
Apprentices' Applications
THREE applications from apprentices for leave to
present themselves for the Intermediate Examin–
ation in October next were considered and granted.
Application under Section 47
ONE application from a solicitor for liberty to take
out a practising certificate under Section 47 was
considered and granted.
SPECIAL EXAMINER IN LAW
MR. DANIEL J. O'CONNOR, LL.B., T.C.D., of 42/3
St. Stephen's Green, Dublin, has been appointed
Special Examiner in Law to the Society in place of
Mr. Joseph F. Shields, who has resigned. Mr.
O'Connor was admitted in Easter Sittings, 1930,
and until recently was Professor of Common Law
to the Society.