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Vol. 42

No. 8

February,

1949

THE GAZETTE

of the

INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND

Presidtnt

PATRICK R. BOYD

Vice-Presidents

JOSEPH TYRRI;LL

JOSEPH BARRETT

Secretary

ERIC A. PLUNKETT.

FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS

MEETINGS

OF THE COUNCIL

JANUARY 3 3TH.

The President in the Chair. Also

present: Messrs. Joseph Tyrrell, V.P., Joseph

Barrett, V.P., Daniel O'Connell, Derrick M. Martin,

J. D. O'Connell, G. J. O'Donnell, William L.

Duggan, John J. Bolger, Derm t P.

Shaw, J.

Travers Wolfe, H. St. J. Blake, John S. O'Connor,

William J. Norman, G. A. Overend, J. R. Quirke,

F. J. Gearty, Thomas A. O'Reilly, W. S. Hayes,

Scan 6 hUadhaigh, Roger Greene, John J. Dunne,

A. Cox, Henry P. Mayne, Patrick F. O'Reilly.

The following was among the business transacted:

Application under Section 18.

AN application from an intending apprentice seeking

exemption from the Preliminary examination was

considered.

It was decided not

to oppose the

application.

Costs of lease.

THE Council was asked, on a statement of facts

submitted by the solicitors acting for the lessor and

lessee of certain premises, to decide whether the

lessee was liable to pay, as part of the lessor's costs,

two sums of three guineas each paid by the lessor

respectively to an engineer and a valuer for report

ing on the condition of the premises and making a

valuation thereof for the purpose of fixing the rent.

The lessee was in occupation and the lease was

being made in pursuance of the Landlord and Tenant

Act, 1931.

The Council decided that the lessee

was not liable for either fee.

Condition of Country Courthouses

THE Council appointed a special committee con

sisting of solicitors on the Council who act for local

authorities to report on the steps which should be.

taken to bring to the attention of the appropriate

authorities

the necessity of providing adequate

Court accommodation

throughout

the country,

and the unsatisfactory condition of many of the

present Courthouses.

Solicitors

Bill

THE Secretary reported that he had been informed

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