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COMMITTEES, 1953
Statutory Committee
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Arthur Cox ; Joseph Barrett; Patrick
R. Boyd ; John R. Halpin ; William J . Norman ;
James R. Quirke; Joseph P. Tyrrell.
Court o f Examiners
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James R. Quirke; John R. Halpin,
J . Nash, Thomas A. O’Reilly, Sean O hUadhaigh,
Ralph J. Walker.
Legislation and Privileges Committee
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Thomas A. O’Reilly; Henry St. J.
Blake, Cornelius J. Daly, John Maher, Louis E.
O’Dea, Senator O’Reilly, Sean O hUadhaigh,
George G. Overend, John J . Sheil.
Court and Offices Committee
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Joseph Barrett; Desmond R. Counahan,
Niall S. Gaffney, Desmond J. Mayne, George G.
Overend, Gerald O’Donnell, Dermot P. Shaw,
Maurice M. Power, Ralph J. Walker.
Finance Committee
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Senator Patrick F. O’Reilly; Patrick R.
Boyd, Desmond Collins, Francis J. Gearty, Francis
J. Lanigan, Desmond J. Mayne, William J. Norman,
John J. Nash, Dermot P. Shaw.
Gazette Committee
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John Carrigan; Joseph Barrett, Cornelius
J. Daly, Charles J . Downing, Niall S. Gaffney,
Francis J . Lanigan, John Maher, Peter E. O’Connell,
John J. Sheil.
The President, Vice-Presidents and the last
President are ex-officio members o f the Committees,
except the Statutory Committee.
HIS EMINENCE CARDINAL
D’ALTON
The President, Mr. Cox, sent a message o f con
gratulation from the Council to His Grace the Most
Rev. Dr. D ’Alton on his elevation to the College
of Cardinals and received a letter from His Grace
thanking the Council.
CORRECTION
T
he
report o f an opinion o f the Council printed in
the November issue o f the Society’s
G
azette
contained some errors. The following is the correct
version;—
AB on retiring agreed to sell his practice to CD.
Differences subsequently arose about the purchase
price. It was a term o f the contract that AB should
receive the costs and discharge the liabilities o f the
practice down to the date o f the contract. CD took
over the office premises and property but continued
practising under his own name. When CD took
over the practice a sum o f -£58 5s. n d . was due to
foreign correspondents who had been instructed
by AB. CD subsequently instructed the same
correspondents on fresh business and the costs
incurred were £44 15 s. 6d. The foreign correspon
dents held CD liable for the entire sum o f .£93 is. 5d.
on the ground that they were not concerned with
the arrangements between AB and CD after the
latter had taken over the practice. CD admitted
liability for the sum o f £44 15 s. 6d. and asked the
Council whether as a matter o f professional etiquette,
apart from the question o f legal liability, he should
pay the entire sum o f £93 is. 3d. or whether pro
fessional etiquette would be satisfied by payment o f
the sum o f £44 15 s. 6d., being the costs due for
the work on which he personally instructed the
foreign correspondents.
The Council expressed the opinion that as a matter
of professional etiquette (apart from the question
of law with which the Council were not concerned)
CD was liable only for the sum o f £44 15 s. 6d.
in respect o f the business in which he himself
instructed the correspondents. This opinion was
based on the fact that CD did not take over the
name of AB but continued practising under his
own name. The privity o f CD with his correspon
dents arose only when he instructed them on fresh
business after taking over the practice. I f he had
continued to practise under A B ’s name with or
without the words “ and Co.,” different considera
tions might arise. The professional obligation o f
AB to pay the sum o f £58 5s. n d . continued.
RECENT LEGAL LITERATURE
Irish Taw Times and Solicitors’ Journal:
n th October—“ Doctrine o f Secret Trusts in
Ireland, I.”
1 8th October— Doctrine o f Secret Trusts in
Ireland, II.”
1st November—“ Garda Siochana (Compensa
tion) Acts (1941-45), 1.”
8th November—Garda Siochana (Compensa
tion) Acts (1941-45), II.”
15th November—“ Remoteness o f Damage in
Law of Tort, I.”
22nd November—“ Remoteness o f Damage in
Law of Tort, II.”