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RECENT LEGAL LITERATURE.
Annuities and Taxation (Stanford) (
Conveyancer,
May-June, 1954).
Attestation of Wills—Some recent decisions
(I.L.T.,
12th 19th and 26th June, 1954).
Bases o f Taxation—“ Adelphi Hotel (Brighton)
Ltd.”
(S .J.,
19th June, 1954).
Contracts for the Sale o f Land—Effects o f Notice
(Rowley)
(
Conveyancer
,
May-June, 1954).
Condemnation and Forfeiture o f Illegally Exported
Motor Car—•“ A . G.
v.
Southern Industrial Trust
& Simons ” (Davitt P.) (
I.L.T
., 3rd July, 1954).
Coroners and Cremation Cases
(S .J.,
3rd July, 1954).
Corroboration in Criminal Trials (E .T ., n th June,
1954
)-
Crichel Down Inquiry—Clark Report
(S .J.,
26th
June, 1954).
Deserted Wife with separate means not entitled
to pledge husband’s credit—
(S .J.,
12th June, 1954).
Diabetes and the Road Traffic Act (E .T ., 25th June,
1954
)-
Finance Bill— 1954
(I.L.T.
, 3rd July, 1954).
Frauds on Powers not applicable to exercise of
power of revocation—“ Re Greaves Wills Trusts ”
(C. A.) (E .T ., n th June, 1954).
Fruit Machines operated by Discs—No monetary
reward for playing with these machines, therefore
no illegal gaming—“ A. G
1
(Hynes)
v.
Casino
Amusement Theatres
”
(Supreme Court reversing
Davitt P. and Price D. J.)
(I.L.T.,
3rd July, 1954).
Houseowner not entitled to remedy against local
authority, though his land flooded by sewage—
“ Smeaton
v.
Ilford Corporation ” (Upjohn J.)
(S.
/ ., 1 2th June, 1954).
Inheritance Act—Evidence o f Widowhood—“ Re
Watkins ” (Harman J.)
(S .J.,
3rd July, 1954).
Landlord and Tenant—Meaning o f Reconstruction
“ Hardman
v.
Gore-Hickman ” (Judge McCarthy)
(I.L.T.,
12th June, 1954).
Law List—Flistory o f (
Law Society Gazette,
July,
1954
)-
Law o f Stamp Duties (Monroe)
(Conveyancer
,
May-
June, 1954).
Law Reform (Limitation o f Actions) Act, 1954—
(L / ., 19th June, 1954).
Law Reform (Enforcement of Contracts) Act, 1954
(S .J.,
19th June, 1954).
Law Society’s Annual Report—
(S .J.,
26th June,
1954
)-
Law Society (England)—Annual Report
(L.T.,
2nd
July, 1954).
Liability of Realty for payment o f Legacies (Maurice)
(Conveyancer,
May-June, 1954).
Limitation in Negligence Cases—Commencement of
Period
(S .J.,
3rd July, 1954).
Maintenance o f a Wife
(S .J.,
12th June, 1954).
Novation
(I.L.T.,
3rd July, 1954).
Order for Possession on foot o f ejectment—Stay
o f execution refused on appeal— Desmond
v.
Sherwood” (McLoughlin J.)
(I.L.T.,
12th June,
1954
)-
Overholding o f cottage—Tenant not protected by
Rents Acts-—“ O’Connor
v.
Hume” (C. A.)
(S.J.,
19th June, 1954).
Power o f Judge to call witnesses in Civil Action
with consent o f parties
(L.T.,
18th June, 1954).
Protection of Mortgagees against Rent Restricted
Tenancies
(L.T.,
25th June, 1954).
Rating—Law of—Pt. I l l (Scrivens & Goodfellow)
(Conveyancer,
May-June, 1954).
Right o f Cross-Examination of Witness called by
Judge in a Criminal Trial
(L.T.,
2nd July, 1954).
Rent Control—Recovery o f parts
sub-let—
“ Berkeley
v.
Papadogannis ”
(S.J.,
3rd July,
1954
)-
Right to Assisted Appeal—Legal Aid Amendment
Regulations, 1954
(S.J.,
26th June, 1954).
Settled Land Act—Validity of Leases granted under
— Davies
v.
Hall ”
(C.A.) (S.J.
26th June,
1954
)-
Status o f chargee by way of legal mortgage—•“ Re
Good’s Lease ” and “ Grand Junction Co.
v.
Bates ”
(S.J.,
19th June, 1954).
Suspected Persons under Vagrancy and other
criminal acts
(S.J.,
26th June, 1954).
Vacant Possession in Contracts for Sale of Land
(S.J.,
19th June, 1954).
Workmens’ Compensation—Case remitted back by
Supreme Court to Circuit Court, because trial
unsatisfactory—“ O’Brien
v.
Mclnerney”
(I.L.T.,
3rd July, 1954).
PROCEEDINGS UNDER SECTION
35 OF THE SOLICITORS’
(IRELAND) ACT, 1898 .
P
u r s u a n t
to orders o f the Chief Justice, the names
o f the following solicitors have been struck off
the Roll on reports from the Statutory Committee by
which they were found to have committed profes
sional misconduct:—
Lucas Doyle, who formerly practised at 16-17
Lr. O’Connell Street and 23 Cuffe Street, Dublin;
William E. Godfrey, who formerly practised at
Gorey, Co. Wexford.
CALL TO THE BAR.
P
u r s u a n t
to an order o f the Chief Justice, dated
5th April, 1954, the name o f Mr. Brendan Peter
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