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Vol. 47
No. 8
February
1954
T H E G A Z E T T E
o f the
INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND
President
J
oseph
B
arrett
Vice-Presidents
J
ohn
J. N
ash
J
ohn
R.
H
alpin
Secretary
E
ric
JA .
P
lunkett
FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS
IMPORTANT
I
f
you have not already taken out and stamped your
practising certificate you should do so immediately.
The final date for stamping certificates in time was
5th February 1954. A late certificate must be pro
duced to the Society for noting within one month
o f stamping and will be effective for the purpose
of taxing costs only from the date o f such production.
MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL
14TH J
anuary
: The President in the Chair. Also
present, Messrs. John J. Nash and John R. Halpin,
Vice-Presidents, James J. O’Connor, Christopher E.
Callan, Francis J. Gearty, Peter E. O’Connell, John
Maher, Charles J. Dowling, Derrick M. Martin,
James R. Quirke, Reginald J. Nolan, Ralph J.
Walker, George G. Overend, Francis J. Lanigan,
George Nolan, Patrick R. Boyd, John J. Sheil,
William J. Norman, Desmond J . Collins, Arthur
Cox, Edmund Hayes, Thomas A. O’Reilly, Sean
O’hUadhaigh, Nathanial Lacy, Cornelius J. Daly,
Patrick F. O’Reilly, John Carrigan, Gerald J.
O’Donnell.
T
he
following was among the business transacted :—
Special Examiner for the Intermediate and
Final Examinations.
M
r
. D
esmond
R.
C
ounahan
,
B.A. (Mod.) LL.D .
was appointed Examiner in succession to
the late
Dr. Vincent D. Keirans.
Superior Courts Rules Committee.
M
r
. J
ames
J.
H
ickey
and Mr. Ralph J. Walker,
were appointed as the Society’s representatives on
the Superior Courts Rules Committee pursuant to
Section 15 o f the Courts o f Justice Act, 1953.
Solicitors’ Bill.
A
deputation
was appointed to seek an interview
with the Minister for Justice and to report back
to the Council.
Circuit and District Courts.
Increased
jurisdiction.
A
special
committee was appointed to draw up
new scales o f costs for submission to the rules
committees without referring back to the Council.