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Vol. 41

No. 2

June,

1947

THE GAZETTE

of the

INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND

President:

H. ST. J. BLAKE

Fice-Presidents :

WILLIAM L. DUGGAN

JOHN J. BOLGER

Secretary :

ERIC A. PLUNKETT

FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS

MEETING OF THE COUNCIL

MAY 16th. Mr. Duggan, Vice-President, in the

chair. Also present: Messrs. W. S. Hayes, D.

O'Connell, P. F. O'Reilly, Roger Greene, W. S.

Huggarcl, S. 0 hUadhaigh, J. P. Carrigan, A.

Cox,

J. Travers Wolfe, J. R. Quirke, W. J. Norman,

J. J. Lynch, H. P. Mayne, G. A. Overend, J. Barrett,

J. P. Tyrrell, D. P. Shaw, T. A. O'Reilly, J. F.

Foley.

The following were among the matters discussed :

Solicitors Bill

THE Council considered a report from the Bill

Committee on a

reference

to consider making

proposals for the establishment of a Compensation

or Indemnity Fund for clients, should it be necessary

to include such provisions in the Bill to insure its

passage through the Dail and Senate. The report

of the Committee recommended that if such pro–

visions are necessary they should be on the lines

of the Compensation Fund established by the English

Law Society. The report was referred back to the

Committee for reconsideration.

Trustee Acts

THE Council considered and adopted a report from

the Legislation and Privileges Committee containing

suggestions for a consolidated list of authorised

Trustee Investments and making recommendations

for general amendments in the law relating to

Trustees.

It was ordered that a copy of the report

should be sent to the Department of Justice.

Terms of appointment of solicitors to Local

Authorities

THE Council considered a report from a Committee

arising out of the recent interview between the

Minister for Local Government and Public Health .

and representatives from the Council. The de–

putation had submitted to the Minister that in any

case in which a solicitor for a public body is ap–

pointed on terms that the legal business of the

public body shall be carried on in an office main–

tained by him at his own expense, his remuneration

should be by way of taxed costs and not by way of

salary. The Minister, after listening to the repre–

sentations made by the deputation, informed them

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