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delay. It is hoped to achieve the dual object of
a large and representative attendance at the Nov
ember Ordinary General Meeting at which im
portant matters will be discussed, and to enable
members from all parts o f the country to meet
one another informally on what it is hoped will be
a pleasant social occasion. There will be no
guests.
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST
SOLICITORS
B
y
order o f the Chief Justice dated 27th February
1953, made on a report from the Statutory
Committee, Michael Vignoles, Solicitor, practising
in Cork was severely censured and ordered to pay
the costs o f the proceedings before the Court and
before the Committee. The particulars o f the
professional misconduct found in the Committee’s
report were :—
(a)
that the respondent had carried on his practice
as a solicitor in association with a licensed
house agent with the same premises and
telephone number and displaying the house
agent’s name in close conjunction with his
own outside the premises.
(b)
that the respondent had employed the house
agent in his office and shared with him the
profit costs o f his business.
(/)
that the house agent with the consent and
approbation o f the respondent and in his
presence touted and solicited a client to
engage the respondent to act as her solicitor.
INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY
OF
NORTHERN
IRELAND
M
r
.
Frederick H. Mullan of Newry is President
o f the Society for the year 1952-53, and Messrs.
Henry J. Catchpole o f Belfast and Brian McK.
McGuigan o f Belfast are Vice-Presidents.
PROGRAMME OF LECTURES,
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Course A .
C
ommon
Law (including Personal Property, Con
tracts and Torts), 42 lectures delivered as follows :—
Michaelmas Sittings 1 2 ; Hilary Sittings 2 1 ;
Easter Sittings 9 ; Minimum attendance for credit
is, Michaelmas 9, Hilary 16, Easter 7. Lectures
each Monday and Thursday at 2.15 o’clock save
where otherwise notified.
Course B.
E
quity
and Real Property, 42 lectures delivered
as follows :—
Michaelmas Sittings 1 2 ; Hilary Sittings 2 1 ;
Easter Sittings 9 ; Minimum attendances for credit
is Michaelmas 9, Hilary 16, Easter 7. Lectures
each Tuesday and Friday at 2.15 o’clock, save
where otherwise notified.
Course C.
C
onveyancing
and General Office Practice, 50
lectures.
The Rights, Duties and Responsibilities of
Solicitors, 4 lectures. Lectures will be delivered
as follows :—
Michaelmas Sitting 18 ; Hilary Sittings 24 ;
Easter Sittings 12 ; Minimum attendance for credit
is Michaelmas 14, Hilary 18, Easter 9. An appren
tice to obtain credit must attend at least 3 o f the 4
lectures _on Rights, Duties and Responsibilities of
Solicitors. Lectures each Tuesday and Saturday
at 9 a.m., save where otherwise notified.
For a selection o f recommended reading see the
published syllabus for the Intermediate and Final
Examinations. The lecturer will not necessarily
undertake to cover the entire field in each subject,
or lecture out o f any particular text book. He will
advise the class as to its reading and will assume
that each student will have read on the lines ad
vised, in advance o f each lecture, on the subject
matter o f the lecture. The aim o f lectures will be
to guide students in their work and to illustrate,
explain and supplement their reading.
A written examination will be held at the end o f
each term’s lectures.
Courses B and C may be attended in the same
year, but Course A
must
be completed before either
Course B or C is commenced. Every apprentice
is obliged to take Courses A , B and C.
NOTES ON CASES
Fatal Accidents Act. Widow. Administration.
Does the fact that the plaintiff widow had obtained
a
grant of administration in Ireland constitute her as an
administratrix in England under Section
2
of the Fatal
Accidents A ct
1846,
and is she therefore entitled to sue
as such
?
No, said the Court of Appeal (Singleton, Morris
and Jenkins L .JJ.,) affirming Parker J.
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