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( ) The .subdivision ma]) should be prepaied certified
and dated by a competent Land Surveyor.
(I ) In eases of small plots a larger scale ma]) than the
Ordnance Survey Map may he necessary. Such
maps will he accepted by the Land Commission
and the Land Registry if they conform with (c).
ei It should he noted that the responsibility for the
accuracy of the areas and boundaries given in
documents lodged rests solely with applicant.
It is my experience that maps drawn by unqualified
persons cause delays and refusal of registration and
subsequently often necessitate deeds of rectification. The
icsult is that great difficulty is caused to solicitors and
Land Registry arrears are increased.
There are Ordnance Survey agents in Dublin, Belfast,
Galway, Cork, Kilkenny, Waterford, Sligo, Wexford,
Tialee, Dundalk, Athlone and Ennis who carry stocks
ot maps and from whom maps may he purchased. In
many other towns booksellers and stationery shops will
he able to provide the map required. Am ma]) ma\
he obtained from the Ordnance Survey, Phoenix Park,
Dublin.
If Solicitors or the Land Surveyors architects or
engineers they employ obtain copy Ordnance Survey
Maps where possible this will enable me to direct
mapping stall to the actual work of the registration
of transfer of parts and leases and thus reduce the
delay in registering this type of dealing. This would
be very much in the interest of the Legal Profession,
their clients and the Land Registry. I would be grateful
for vour co-operation in this matter.
I ) . L . M
C
.A
I.I ISTER
Registrar of Titles
END COMPULSORY IRISH FOR SOLICITORS
—DEBATING SOCIETY
The Solicitors' Apprentices Debating Society has
(ailed for the abolition of compulsory Irish for entry
t<> the solicitors' profession.
A motion to this effect was carried at a meeting of
the society recently.
It was pointed out that the present Irish requirement
fails miserably if the aim is to encourage sufficient
proficiency for solicitors to be able to conduct their
clients' eases in Irish. It was suggested that the Govern-
ment and the Law Society were merely paying lip ser-
vice to the language by retaining the compulsory exam-
inations. Instead, they should encourage the use of thc
language by providing proper facilities, rather than
force the apprentices to pass an examination without
providing the necessary encouragement or instruction.
SOLICITORS' GOLFING SOCIETY
Autumn Meeting at Tullamore, Saturday, 5 October
1974
Captain's Prize
: T. I). Shaw (5) 36 points; Runner-
up : B. Cannon (11) 33 points.
St. Patrick's
Plate (Handicaps 12 and under): G.
O'Sullivan (6) 35 points: Runne r - up: N. O 'Me a ra (9)
33 points.
i'eteran's Cup•
N. Jameson (18) 31 points; Runner-
up : P. Nutley (24) 30 points.
Pest Scores :
Handicaps 13 and over: J. Slieedy (14) 33 points.
1st Nine : P. McLaughlin (7) 19 points.
2nd Nine : G. M. Doyle (21) 18 points.
f r om more than 30 miles : M. P. Keane (9) 33 points.
By Lot : W. L. Carroll (18) 30 points.
FIFTEENTH CONFERENCE OF THE
INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION
Approaching 1,400 delegates and guests from 50
nations attended thc 100 different meetings held at the
IBA's Fifteenth Biennial Conference in Vancouver,
British Columbia from July 28 to August 3, 1974. The
Conference was welcomed to Canada by the Chief
Justice of Canada, The Rt. Hon Bora Laskin, the
federal Minister of Justice, the Hon. Otto Lang and
the President of the Canadian Bar Association, Neil
McKelvey, Q.C., who presided as Chairman of the
Conference.
The main topics for general discussion were :
1. The Right to Practise and of Establishment Abroad;
2. Continuing Legal Education;
3. Delavs in Trial Procedures;
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