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Vol. 47
No. 5
November,
1953
THE GAZETTE
of the
INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND
President
J
ames
R .
Q
uirke
Vise-Presidents
J
ohn
C
arrigan
J
ames
J. O’C
onnor
Secretary
E
ric
A .
P
lunkett
FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS
MEETINGS OF TEIE COUNCIL
O
ctober
15 th. The President in the Chair. Also
present: Messrs. John Carrigan and James J.
O’Connor Vice-Presidents, Thomas A. O’Reilly,
John B. Jermyn, Edmund Hayes, John Dundon,
Joesph P. Tyrrell, John J. Nash, Peter E. O’Connell,
John Maher, Joseph Barrett, Francis J. Lanigan,
Charles J. Downing, Barry M. O’Meara, Cornelius
J. Daly, Dermot P. Shaw, John R. Halpin, Patrick
R. Boyd, George G. Overend, Desmond Mayne,
Ralph J. Walker, John J. Sheil, Niall S. Gaffney,
Desmond R. Counahan, William J. Norman, Sean
O hUadhaigh, Reginald J. Nolan, Henry St. J.
Blake, Gerald J. O’Donnell.
The following was among the business transacted:—
District Court Practice.
M
embers
wrote referring to a practice o f District
Justices o f giving leave to defend a civil process on
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the day o f the hearing where no notice o f intention
to defend has been served. Members suggested
that a rule o f Court should be sought obliging the
Justice to award costs against the Defendant in
such cases and to make payment o f the costs a
condition o f obtaining leave to defend. It was
decided to refer the matter to the Dublin Solicitors’
Bar Association.
Circuit Court. Costs o f Witnesses Summons.
M
embers
wrote referring to a practice in the Dublin
Circuit Court o f allowing only one fee where a
solicitor issues a number o f witnesses summons in
one case on the ground that the fee on the issue of
the summons merely covers the attendance to issue.
Members submitted that this was incorrect, that a
subpoena fee should be allowed for drawing each
subpoena as well as the attendance on the issue
thereof and referred to Part X III to the Schedule
o f Costs to the Circuit Court Rules 1950 and the
High Court Rules 1926, Appendix 2, Item 10.
The matter was referred to the Dublin Solicitors’
Bar Association.
Registry o f Deeds.
M
embers
drew the attention o f the Council to the
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