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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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