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FEBRUARY, 1934]
The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland
He was a member of the Council of the
Society
from
1918
to
1924, and Vice-
President of the Society for the year 1921-22.
MR. ALEXANDER D. ORR, Solicitor, died
on the 30th January, 1934.
Mr. Orr served his apprenticeship with the
late Mr. John A. French, Dublin ;
was
admitted
in Trinity Sittings, 1900, and
practised at 5 Foster Place, Dublin, under
the style of Beauchamp and Orr.
He had been a member of the Council of
the Society for thirteen years, and was
President of the Society for the year 1930-31.
Miscellaneous Professional Information.
Francis C. Earle Bland has retired from
practice, and the business of the firm of
Anderson and Bland, under which title he
practised at 10 Saint Stephen's Green,
Diablin, is being carried on under that title
and at that address
by
Robert B. \/olfe, of
10 Saint Stephen's Green, and Joseph C.
Erskine, of 19 Kildare Street, who have
entered into partnership.
Thomas W. Franks, who has hitherto
practised at 17 Ely Place, Dublin, under the
title of Norman and Franks, has joined the
firm of Franks and Oulton, 21 Lower Fitz-
william Street, Dublin.
UNQUALIFIED PERSON PRETENDING TO
BE QUALIFIED TO ACT
AS
A
SOLICITOR.
At
the Dublin District Court, before
District Justice O'Sullivan, on 22nd January,
1934, Edward Mark Brady, carrying on
business under the business name of " The
Irish Traders' Association," at 14/15 Saint
Andrew Street, Dublin, was summoned by
the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland,
under Section 53 of the Solicitors (Ireland)
Act, 1898, for wilfully and falsely pretending
to be qualified to act as a Solicitor.
Mr. Phelps, K.C. (instructed by Mr. E. H.
Burne), appeared for the Incorporated Law
Society ;
Mr. J. W. Lane, Solicitor, appeared
for the Defendant.
Mr. Phelps read to the Court the letters to
an alleged debtor with regard to the writing
of which by the Defendant the proceedings
were taken, and which stated :
" We have been
instructed by above
" member to collect this account, and unless
" we receive a remittance from you by return
" of post we shall take other steps to effect
" recovery.
Please note
that all corres-
" pondence must be addressed to us, and all
" cheques, postal orders, etc., crossed and
" made payable to the Irish Traders' Associa-
" tion.
Yours
faithfully,
for
the Irish
" Traders' Association."
" Urgent.
.
.
.
Sir, your account is
" being passed into the Legal Department.
" An immediate reply is necessary. Yours
" faithfully, for the Irish Traders' Associa-
" tion." "Amount due, £8 9s. 3d. and part
" expenses."
" Dear Sir.
In reply to yours, undated,
" received here on the 29th ult., we put same
" before our members, who reply that they
" can only deal with you as the other parties
" do not concern them. All transactions have
" passed through you. We shall proceed on
" the 21st inst. if your cheque for the full
" amount is not to hand. Yours faithfully,
" for the Irish Traders' Association."
Mr. Lane admitted a technical offence on
behalf of the defendant, who had, through
his
solicitor,
previous
to
the
hearing,
apologised to the Society and undertaken to
pay costs.
The District Justice stated that having
regard to the fact that there had been no
previous conviction against defendant, and
that he had apologised, he would deal with
the case under the Probation of Offenders
Act, the defendant to enter into a bond to
be of good behaviour for two years under a
recognisance
of
£5
and to come up for
judgment when called on if there was a
breach of the bond, the defendant also to
pay £25 costs to the Society.
PROBATE GRANTS
(ENGLAND).
The following Regulations have been issued
in reference to the issue of copies of grants
of probates and of grants of
letters of
administration from the Principal Probate
Registry (England) :
1. On the 1st January, 1934, a new system
will be introduced in the Principal Probate