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Vol. 41

No. 10

April,

1948

THE GAZETTE

r

of the

INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND

President:

SEAN 6 HUADHAIGH

fice-Presidents :

JAMES R. QUIRKE,

JOHN J. SMYTH.

Secretary :

ERIC A. PLUNKETT

FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS

MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL

MARCH i8th. The President in the chair: Also

present: Mr. James R. Quirke, Vice-President;

Messrs. Patrick F. O'Reilly, Patrick R. Boyd,

William J. Norman, Reginald J. Nolan, Thomas

A. O'Reilly, Dermot P. Shaw, J. Travers Wolfe,

G. Acheson Overend, James J. Lynch, Francis

J. Gearty, Daniel O'Connell, Joseph Barrett, John

P. Carrigan, Roger Greene, John B. Hamill, Arthur

Cox.

The

following

were

among

the

matters

discussed :

Housing Amendment Act, 1948

THE Council considered the effect of sections

7 and 8 of the Act which enable a housing authority

to grant or refuse permission to a person to demolish

or use otherwise than as a dwelling-house any

habitable house without the permission of the

Housing Authority. An appeal against the refusal

of permission

lies

to

the Minister

for Local

Government.

The matter was

referred

to

the

Legislation and Privileges Committee.

Costs of Tenancy Agreement

THE Council considered a report from a committee

on a statement of facts submitted by two members

for the arbitration of the Council concerning a

lease of premises on a yearly tenancy at a rent of

£izo per annum. The Lessor's solicitor submitted

a bill of costs including a sum of £11 55. od.,

being the scale fee under part 2 of Schedule

i

of the Solicitors' Remuneration General Orders,

1884-1947, for a lease at a rack rent. The Lessee's

solicitor claimed that the scale fee should not be

charged and that a fee of five guineas would be

reasonable.

In the opinion of the Committee,

which was approved by the Council, there is a

custom among solicitors of accepting a reasonable

sum less than the scale fee, dependent upon the

amount of work and responsibility involved, in

the case of tenancy agreements of this kind, and

they were of opinion that the fee of 5 guineas was

reasonable in this particular case.

Stamp Duty on Indentures of Apprenticeship

IT was decided that representations should be made

to the Minister

for Finance

and

the

Revenue

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