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Vol. 47
No. 9
March
1954
T H E G A Z E T T E
o f the
INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF TRET.AND
President
J
oseph
B
arrett
Vice-Presidents
J
ohn
J. N
ash
J
ohn
R.
H
alpin
Secretary
E
ric
A .
P
lunkett
FO R C IR C U L A T IO N A M O N G M E M B E R S
MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL
i
8
th
F
ebruary
: The President in the Chair ; also
present:—Messrs. John J. Nash and John R.
Halpin ; Vice-Presidents, Francis J. Gearty, James J.
O’Connor, Peter E. O’Connell, John Maher, Francis
J. Lanigan, Charles J. Downing, John B. Jermyn,
Thomas A . O’Reilly, James R. Quirke, Cornelius J.
Daly, Ralph J. Walker, John J. Sheil, Derrick M.
Martin, Desmond J. Mayne, Patrick R. Boyd,
Desmond J. Collins, George G. Overend, Niall S.
Gaffney, William J. Norman, Gerald J. O’Donnell,
John Carrigan, Henry St. J. Blake, Reginald J.
Nolan, George Nolan, Patrick F. O’Reilly, Joseph P.
Tyrrell, Edmond Hayes, Sean O hUadhaigh,
Nathaniel Lacy.
The Council passed a vote of condolence with
the widow and relatives of their colleague, the
late Mr. Gerald J. O’Donnell.
The following was among the business transacted :
Solicitors to Local Authorities.
R
epresentations
were received on the subject o f
the inadequate salaries paid to solicitors acting for
local authorities as compared with other professional
men. A Committee, which considered the matter,
reported that the Council should take the matter up
with the Department o f Local Government. The
Committee’s report was adopted.
Insurance Brokers undertaking Solicitors’
Work.
T
he
Council considered a report from a Committee
on the following facts : Insurance brokers dealing
with a third party claim on behalf o f the insured
informed the insured that they were willing to apply
to the insurers o f another vehicle involved in the
accident for the damage done to their insured’s car
and for consequential loss. The insured subsequently
instructed a solicitor to do this work. The report
o f the Committee, which was adopted, recommended
that the Society should write to the insurance brokers
stating that their action appeared to be unauthorised
and was open to objection as constituting an
infringement o f solicitors’ privileges.
Labourers Bill 1953.
T
he
Bill which was a private measure
(a)
proposed
to increase the figure o f
£ 6 o
mentioned in section
i i
(i) of the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1906 to £500;
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