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days o f September, the following passed the examina
tion and their names are arranged in order of m erit:
i. John Patrick Redmond; 2. James P. G.
O’Connor;
3. Patrick Joseph Farrell, John
Morrissey (Equal).
5 candidates attended ; 4 passed.
A
t
examinations held on the 24th and 25
th
days
o f September under the Legal Practitioners
(Qualification) Act 1929, the following passed the
examination:—
First Examination in Irish.
Bruce Francis Blake, Thomas C. Buckley, John Cecil
Cashman, Fionnbarra Dempsey, Marie Therese
Donnellan, William O’Dwyer Durkan, Margaret
Mary Foley, Maire Neasa Gibbons, Michael John
Harris, John P. A . Hooper, Gillian Mary Hussey,
John J . Jay, John Vivian Kenny, Thomas Joseph
Macken, Margaret M. F. N. Maguire, Joseph Murray
McGowan, Maurice Anthony Neville, Gertrude
Louise O’Connell, John Michael O’Donnell, James
W. G . Osborne, George J . P. O’Sullivan, Patrick
John Ryan, Gerard Anthony Walsh.
28 candidates attended; 23 passed.
Second Examination in Irish.
Fintan P. Clancy, Patrick Colfer, Patrick M.
Cooney, Alphonsus Grogan, Brendan O’R . Rogers,
Hallam J . C. Studdert.
13 candidates attended ; 6 passed.
A t the Intermediate Examination for apprentices
to solicitors held on the 6th and 7th days o f
September, the following passed the examination
and their names are arranged in order o f m erit:—■
Passed w ith H onou rs.
1. Dermot J. Devine; 2. Albert C. O’Dwyer ;
3. Brian Claffey ; 4. Desmond P. Windle ; 5. Carmel
O’Connell; 6. Edmond J . K . McGrath.
Passed.
James J. Kelly, Denis A. McArdle, Patrick J.
Gearty, William A. Irwin, Joseph J. Kiernan,
Brendan J. Jones, Thomas E . Tighe, Austin V.
Maher, Kenneth Kenny, Michael I. Moore, James
L. F. MacCarthy, Michael J. Gleeson, Nicholas
O’Keeffe, Patrick P. Ward, Michael D. D. Heather,
John J. Waters.
39 candidates attended; 22 passed.
The Centenary Prize was awarded to Dermot J.
Devine.
At the Final Examination for apprentices to
solicitors held on the 6th, 7th and 8th days of
September, the following passed the examination,
and their names are arranged in order o f merit:—
Passed w ith H onou rs.
1. Patrick F. Treacy; 2. John A. Gaynor, B.A.
Passed.
Aidan O’Donnell, Nicholas S. Hughes, Patrick
M. Cooney, B .A ., LL .B ., Patrick P. MacMahon,
Donough B. McDonough, Patrick J. Gardiner,
Maurice J. Phelan, Valentine P. Carney, B .A .,
Timothy Murphy, Dominic Spelman, B .A ., James
Maguire, Esmond Davies, Patrick J . Carolan, B.A .,
Michael P. Donnelly, John L. Moore, Patrick C.
Kelly, B .A ., William F. Harpur, Richard D.
Kennedy, Charles Fay.
42 candidates attended; 21 passed.
The Council has awarded a Silver Medal to Patrick
F. Treacy and a Special Certificate to John A.
Gaynor.
Scholarships,
1 9 5 4
.
T
he
Findlater Scholarship was not awarded.
The Overend Final Examination Scholarship
(Real Property and Conveyancing) was awarded to
Patrick F. Treacy, who served his apprenticeship
with Mr. Lughaidh P. Gleeson, Nenagh, Co.
Tipperary.
The Overend Preliminary Examination Scholar
ship was not awarded.
CIRCUIT COURT RULES, 1954 .
T
h e
Circuit Court Rules, 1954 (S.I. No. 212/1954)
dealing with solicitors’ costs are now on sale at
the Government Publications Sale Office, G.P.O.
Arcade, Dublin, price 2s. The rules which came
into operation on 4th October, 1954, amend the
Circuit Court Rules, 1950, in various respects, and
substitute a new schedule o f costs for the third
schedule to the rules o f 1950. The following new
Rule 32 is added to Order 58 o f the Circuit Court
Rules, 1950 :—
In any defended cause or matter personally
conducted by a solicitor at the hearing, the
County Registrar may, in fixing the instructions
fee, take into consideration the additional work
done, and responsibility borne by the solicitor.
In any such case where the costs are taxed under
Parts III, V , or V I o f the schedule hereto
entitled the Third Schedule, any sum allowed
under this rule shall be in addition to the
instructions fee in the said parts.
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