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(Gross Sum) Order 1934 (under which a gross
or lump sum could be charged in lieu of detailed
charges) and did not expressly enact that a gross
sum could be charged or that a lump sum bill
could be delivered.
(ii) The scope o f non-contentious business to
which art. 2 (
c
) o f the Solicitors’ Remuneration
Order, 1883, applied was limited by the words
‘
and not being otherwise contentious business ’ in
s. 2 o f the Solicitors Remuneration Act, 1881,
under which the order was made, although those
words did not appear in art. 2
(c)
o f the order, nor
in the definition of non-contentious business in s.
81 (1) o f the Solicitors Act, 1932, which had repealed
and superseded the Act o f 1881 but contained
savings under which the order o f 1883 continued
to have effect; and
(iii) As the business to which the lump sum bill
related was in part contentious, because it comprised
the collection of information and the taking of all
steps, even to the engrossment o f a petition for
judicial separation, necessary to launch proceedings
against the husband, the delivery o f a lump sum
bill was not justified in the present case by the
provisions to Sch. 2 as amended, and accordingly
the client was entitled to an itemised bill.
The result o f the present case in its application
to Ireland is that, if business is wholly non-conten
tious, a lump sum bill may be delivered under the
provisions o f the corresponding S.R.G.O. (No. 2)
1920 complying with the terms o f that order. If
the business is contentious section 4 o f the Attorneys
and Solicitors Act, 1870, applies and the solicitor
must establish an agreement under and general
compliance with that section. Business preparatory
to the commencement of litigation may be
contentious.” (R e:
a Solicitor
(1955) 1,
A ll E.R.,
* J
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REGISTRATION OF TITLE ACTS,
18 9 1 AND 1942 .
N
otice
.
Folio 239
County Louth
Registered Owner
A
lin e
R
ita
H
enry
T
he
Registered Owner has applied for a Duplicate
of the Certificate of Title specified in the Schedule
hereto, which is stated to have been lost or inad
vertently destroyed.
A Duplicate Certificate will be issued unless
notification is received in this Registry within 28
days from the date o f this Notice that the. said
Certificate o f Title is still in existence and in the
custody o f a person not the Registered Owner.
Such notification should state the grounds on which
the Certificate is retained.
Dated this 28th day o f February, 1955.
J
oseph
O ’B
y rn e
,
Registrar o f Titles.
S
chedule
.
Land Certificate o f Aline Rita Henry to 78a. 3r.
32p. o f the lands of Toberdoney situate in the Barony
o f Ardee and County o f Louth being the lands
comprised in said Folio.
N
otice
.
Folio 1286
County Meath
Registered Limited Owner
B
ridget
M
c
A
rdle
The Registered Owner has applied for a Duplicate
o f the Certificate of Title specified in the Scnedule
hereto which is stated to have been or inadvertently
destroyed.
A Duplicate Certificate will be issued unless
notification is received in this Registry within 28
days from the date o f this Notice that the said
Certificate o f Title is still in existence and in the
Custody o f a person not the Registered Owner.
Such notification should state the grounds on which
the Certificate is retained.
Dated this 28th day o f February, 1955.
J
oseph
O ’B
yrne
Registrar o f Titles.
S
chedule
.
Land Certificate o f Bridget McArdle to 65a. ir.
34p. o f the lands o f Greenan situate in the Barony
o f Lower Slane and County o f Meath being the
lands comprised in said Folio.
OBITUARY.
M
r
. J
ohn
M.
M
eldon
,
Solicitor, died on the 12th
December, 1954.
Mr. Meldon was admitted in Easter Sittings 1891,
and practised at 71 Dame Street, Dublin, as senior
partner in the firm o f Messrs. Meldon & Co.
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