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sought a periodic publication, be it weekly, bi-weekly
or monthly, which contains only up-to-date case reports;
this used to he fulfilled in England by the
Law Journal
and the
Law Times.
The lecturer then mentions the
"Weeklv Notes", the "Times Law Reports", and the
up-to-date "All England Law Reports" and "Weekly
Law Reports".
The present system of law reporting in Ireland is not
built on a very systematic basis. There is something to
be said for producing criminal statistics, showing which
offences are normally dealt with by fine or by impris-
onment.
Finally, why should not a report of a case signed by
a solicitor as an officer of the Court not have equal
value in the Courts to that signed by a barrister?
Special pleaders and conveyancers used to he admitted
as Court reporters. Case reporting consists in first
obtaining expeditiously a copy of the written judgment
as delivered at the time. The solicitor can often employ
a skilled shorthand writer from amongst his staff to
prepare this. The difficulty is in writing the headnote
of a case. If law is developed in both parts of Ireland
in a progressive and liberal form in order to promote
mutual co-operation and understanding, this will be
bound to affect the future.
[Editorial Note: Since March, it is unfortunate that
a Receiver has been appointed to supervise the affairs
of Irish University Press Ltd., who were carrying out
such splendid work in republishing many important
Irish hooks that were out of print.]
Appointments to Law Society
New Special Examiners
Mrs. Mary Mathews, U.C.I)., B.C.L. (N.U.I.), LL.M.
(N.U.I.)—
Special Examiner in Contract and Com-
mercial Law.
Mr. E. J. Grace, A.G.A., A.G.I.S., Chartered Accoun-
tant—
Special Examiner
and Lecturer
in
Book-
Keeping.
Mr. Alvin F. M. Price, U.G.I)., B.C.L. (N.U.I.) —
Special Examiner in Real Property.
Mr. J. F. Quinlan, B.L.—
Special Examiner
and
Lecturer in l ax Law.
Mr. P. F. Glvne, B.A., LL.B., Solicitor—
Special Exam-
iner and Lecturer in Statutory Land Law.
New Assistant Examiner
Mr. A. W. Scott, B.L., LL.B. (London)—
Assistant
Examiner in Company
Law.
Admission of Parchments
The next Presentation of Parchments will take place
on Thursday, 5 December 1974, at 4 p.m.
Apprentices whose indentures have expired and have
passed all the Society's examinations and who wish to
receive their parchments should lodge with the Society
on or before November 20 their full name and address
in Irish and English together with a Form AE 5 com-
pleted by the apprentice and the master.
Please note that no applications will be accepted
after 20 November 1974.
Kings Inns Library—Gift of Law Books
On 3 September 1974 the President of the American
Irish Foundation, Mr. T. Kevin Mallen, presented about
300 volumes on American law and jurisprudence to the
King's Inns Library, in Dublin. These include all re-
ports of the American Supreme Court since 1861. The
Foundation intends to make a further presentation of
hooks.
Among the attendance was the Taoiseach, Mr. Cos-
grave; the Minister for Education, Mr. Burke; the United
States Ambassador, Mr. John Moore; the Attorney-
General, Mr. Costello, and the President of the Law
Society, Mr. Peter Prentice, as well as the Chief Justice,
the President of the High Court and other Judges.
Mr. John A. Costello, S.G., accepted the presentation
on behalf of the Benchers. Mr. Justice Walsh thanked
Mr. Mallen for the generous gift of books presented
by the American Foundation.
The American Irish Foundation lias been quite
active in the past two years : it made a presentation to
Mr. Seamus Heaney; made a grant available for the
cataloguing of the O'Connor archives in Clonalis
House, Gastlerea, Go. Roscommon; gave a grant to the
Ulster Museum to aid the exhibition of artifacts taken
from the wreck of the Girona, a ship of the Spanish
Armada; and provided financial support for the Killar-
ney Bach Festival.
PRECEDENT BANK AND
ENGROSSMENT SERVICE
We wish to inform our members that the above
service has been discontinued and is no longer
available.
JAMES J. IVERS (Director-General)
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