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The Council expressed the opinion that apart
from cases in which either,
(i) a sum is placed on deposit receipt in a solicitor’s
name for a specified client.
(ii) clients’ moneys are improperly or unduly
retained,
a
solicitor is not accountable to clients for interest
earned or allowed on a floating balance o f clients’
moneys in his bank account.
Joint Consultative Committee with the Bar
Council.
T
h e
following members
o f the
Council were
nominated to the Joint Consultative Committee:—
Desmond J . Collins;
James J. O’Connor;
George G. Overend.
8
th
J
anuary
: The President in the Chair. Also
present, Messrs. John Carrigan and James J.
O’Connor, Vice-Presidents; Desmond R. Counahan,
Francis J . Gearty, Peter E. O’ Connell, John Maher,
John J. Nash, William J. Norman, Francis Lanigan,
Thomas A. O’Reilly, Joseph Barrett, Patrick R.
Boyd, Ralph J. Walker, George G. Overend,
Desmond J. Collins, John R. Halpin, Derrick M.
Martin, Desmond Mayne, John J. Sheil, Cornelius
J. Daly, Arthur Cox, Patrick F. O’Reilly.
The following was among the business trans
acted :—
Courts o f Justice Bill, 1952.
T
he
Council considered replies to a circular sent
to the Bar Associations for their observations on
the Bill and decided to submit a Memorandum to
the Department o f Justice. The memorandum
w ill be printed in the next issue o f the Society’s
G
azette
.
Circuit Court Rules.
R
eplies
from Bar Associations to a circular asking
for observations on the workings o f the Rules were
considered and referred to a Committee.
District Court Rules Committee.
S
enator
P
atrick
F.
O ’R
e il ly
was re-appointed
as the Society’s representative on the District Court
Rules Committee.
Branch Office.
A
m e m b e r
enquired whether it was permissible to
publish in the local newspapers notice o f his inten
tion to open a branch office. The Secretary was
directed to reply that the Council would not approve
o f the publication o f such notice.
Estate Duty Office.
T
he
Secretary reported that he had received letters
from several members stating that, in cases in which
there had been delay by them in lodging accounts
required by the Estate Duty Office, notice had been
sent by the Office to the personal representatives
that in default o f lodgement o f the accounts they
would be liable to proceedings which might involve
imprisonment. He said that he had taken the matter
up with the head o f the Office who had agreed that
such letters should not be written and that in future
before writing direct to an accountable party for
whom a solicitor was known to be acting the Estate
Duty Office would write to the solicitor notifying
him o f the nature o f the proposed communication
to the client.
Society’s Calendar and Law Directory .
T
he
Dublin Solicitors’ Association proposed that
the list o f solicitors on the Register printed in the
Society’s Calendar and Law Directory should
indicate by an appropriate mark those solicitors
who are members of a local Bar Association. It
was decided to adopt this suggestion in the 1954
edition o f the Calendar subject to obtaining from
the Hon. Secretaries of local Bar Associations
alphabetical fists o f the names and addresses o f their
members.
Formation o f Limited Company by an
Accountant.
A
m e m b e r
reported that he had been asked to draw
up an assignment o f property to a Company about
to be formed for his clients by a firm o f accountants.
The Secretary stated that he had sent to the member
a copy of the agreement recently reached with
the principal Accountancy bodies. It was decided
to refer the matter to the Southern Law Association
which the Society’s correspondent a is member.
Overend and Findlater Scholarships.
O
n
a report from the Court o f Examiners it was
decided that the minimum standard for the award
o f the Overend Scholarships at the Preliminary
and Final Examinations and the Findlater Scholarship
at the Final Examination should be over 75 per cent,
of the total marks obtainable by candidates in the
subjects on which the Scholarships are awarded.