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Vol. 42

No.

1

May,

1948

THE GAZETTE

of the

INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND

'President:

6 HUADHAIGH

Pi'ct-Presidents :

JAMES R. QUIRKE,

JOHN J. SMYTH.

Secretary :

ERIC A. PLUNKETT

FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS

MEETING OF THE COUNCIL

APRIL 2ZND.

The President in the chair :

Also

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

Messrs. Daniel O'Connell, G. Acheson Overend,

Arthur Cox, Louis E. O'Dea, Niall Gaffney, Joseph

P. Tyrrell, Dermot P. Shaw, John J. Bolger, J.

Travers Wolfe, Patrick F. O'Reilly, John J. Dunne,

William L. Duggan, Peter O'Connor, Reginald J.

Nolan Patrick R. Boyd, John P. Carrigan, Henry

St. J. Blake, Henry P. Mayne, William J. Norman,

Roger Greene, Joseph Barrett.

The following was among the business trans

acted :—

Legal Education

On a report from the Legal Education Committee

it was resolved that a third course of lectures for

apprentices should be established on the subject of

Conveyancing, the general practice of a solicitor's

office (including the practice in the Courts) and the

rights, duties and responsibilities of a solicitor.

The matter was referred to the Court of Examiners

to draft new regulations to be submitted to the

Council in order to give effect to the resolution.

Costs of Release of Mortgage

The following matter was considered on a report

from a Committee of the Council:—

Summary of Facts :

On 24th March, 1947,

Mr. A. agreed to sell to Mr. B. his interest in

certain premises in Armagh held subject to a

fee farm rent of £2 135. pd., and subject to a

yearly tenancy of the purchaser in the premises

but otherwise free from incumbrances. On a

search against the vendor a mortgage dated

yth October, 1912, from the vendor to

the

Bank of Ireland appeared affecting the premises

sold. The vendor's solicitors obtained a letter

from the Agent, Bank of Ireland, Mallow,

stating that the Bank is no longer interested as

the debt was discharged on the 6th April, 1921.

The purchaser's solicitors require the vendor

to have this mortgage released at his own

expense. The vendor's solicitors contend that

the legal estate has re-vested in the vendor by

operation of law and as the purchaser requires

a reconveyance it should

bz

at his own expense.

Both parties agreed to submit for the decision

of the Council the question whether the vendor

or the purchaser should pay the costs of the

reconveyance of the mortgage.