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Vol. 48
No. 4
August,
1954
THE GAZETTE
ofthe
INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND
President
J
oseph
B
arrett
Vice-Presidents
J
ohn
J. N
ash
J
ohn
R. H
alpin
Secretary
Etuc A.
P
lunkett
FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS
MEETING OF THE COUNCIL.
22
nd
J
uly
: The President in the Chair. Also
present; Messrs. John J. Nash and John R. Halpin,
Vice-Presidents; Desmond J . Collins, John F.
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Foley, Henry St. J. Blake, Denis Greene, Derrick
M. Martin, Patrick R. Boyd, Reginald J. Nolan,
John J. Sheil, Francis J. Lanigan, Ralph j. Walker,
James R. Quirke, Cornelius J. Daly, William J.
Norman, Francis J. Gearty, John Maher, Thomas
A. O’Reilly, James J. O’Connor, Joseph P. Tyrrell,
Desmond J. Mayne, George A. Nolan, Nathaniel
Lacy, Patrick F. O’Reilly, John Carrigan.
The following was among the business transacted :
Revised Scale o f Counsels’ Fees.
T
he
Council considered on a report from a Com
mittee the revised scale o f Counsels’ fees in the
Circuit and District Courts published in the
Irish
Law Titties and Solicitors
’
Journal
o f 22nd May, and
decided to ask that the matter should be considered
by the joint Committee o f the Bar Council and the
Society.
Client’s Privilege.
A
m e m b e r
acted for a client who expected to be
summoned as a witness to give evidence for the
State against a person charged with fraudulent
conversion o f monies. Member who had knowledge
o f the facts in his professional capacity also expected
to be summoned as a witness. The client did not
wish that member should testify and member asked
whether in the opinion of th e ' Council he was
precluded from giving evidence by reason o f the
client’s privilege. The evidence required related
to the stamping o f a deed which had been given
to the accused for the purpose o f being stamped,
and which had afterwards been stamped by member.
The Council were o f opinion that on the facts stated,
no question o f privilege arose, but that member if
summoned to testify ought to raise the question
o f privilege for decision by the judge.
Solicitors’ Bill.
T
he
President reported that a deputation from the
Council had been received by An Taoiseach, as
acting Minister for Justice, and had submitted a
memorandum on various points outstanding between
the Department and the Society in connection with
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