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Vol. 48
No. 8
February,
1955
THE GAZETTE
of the
INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND
i
President
T
homas
A. O’R
eilly
V ice-Presidents
D
esmond
J. M
ayne
J
ohn
J. S
heil
Secretary
E
ric
A. P
lunkett
FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS
MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL.
i jt h
J
anuary
: The President in the Chair. Also
present, Messrs. John J. Sheil, Vice-President;
George A. Nolan, Desmond J . Collins, Patrick R.
Boyd, George G. Overend, Ralph J . Walker, Dermot
P. Shaw, Reginald J. Nolan, Francis J. Lanigan,
John J. Nash, William J . Norman, John Maher,
Peter E . O’Connell, James J. O’ Connor, Joseph
P. Tyrrell, Sean O hUadhaigh, John R. Halpin,
John Carrigan, Charles J . Downing, Patrick F.
O’Reilly, Joseph Barrett, Cornelius J. Daly, Francis
J. Gearty.
The follow ing was among the business transacted
Solicitors’ Accounts’ Regulations.
T
he
preparation o f draft Regulations under Part
V II o f the Solicitors’ Act, 1954, was referred to the
Compensation Fund Committee.
Regulations o f the Disciplinary Committee.
T
he
Council considered and approved the Solicitors
(Disciplinary) Rules, 1955, and the Solicitors
(Disciplinary Appeals) Rules, 1955 ; the last men
tioned rules to be submitted to the Superior Courts
Rules Committee.
Exchange Control Act, 1954-
T
h e
Secretary stated that
a
letter had been received
from the Department o f Finance enquiring whether
the Society would agree to
a
regulation whereby
solicitors would be included among the persons and
bodies named as authorised depositories of certain
securities under the Act. It was decided that the
Department should be informed that the Council
would agree to such a regulation but asking for
a copy o f the draft regulations before they are made.
Election to Seanad Eireann.
M
essrs
.
Mayne and Sheil, Vice-Presidents, were
asked to represent the Society at a meeting o f the
nominating bodies which was summoned to con
sider proposals for changing the present system of
election to Seanad Eireann.
ioth
F
ebruary
: The President in the Chair. Also
present: Messrs. Desmond J . Mayne and John J,