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Vol.
No. 10
APRIL,
1959
THE GAZETTE
of the
INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND
President
JOHN R. HALPIN,
Vice-Presidents
JOHN J. NASH
CORNELIUS J. DALY
Secretary
ERIC A. PLUNKETT
FOR CIRCULATION AMONG
MEMBERS
COUNCIL MEETING,
APRIL lyth—The President in the Chair. Also
present, Dermot P. Shaw, John Kelly, D. B. Gilmore,
G. G. Overend, John J. Nash, Desmond J. Collins,
Nia.llS. Gaffney, Eunan McCarron, Reginald J.
Nolan, Joseph P. Tyrell, Charles J. Downing,
Desmond Mayne, James R. Quirke, Cornelius J.
Daly, Arthur Cox, Francis J. Lanigan, Ralph J.
Walker, James J. O'Connor, James Green, Derrick
M. Martin, John J. Shell, R. McD. Taylor, George
A. Nolan, Thomas A. O'Reilly, John Carrigan,
John R. Halpin, John Maher, Peter E. O'Connell,
Patrick Noonan.
The following was among the business transacted.
Income Tax child allowance, in respect of
solicitors apprentices'
The Secretary reported that following represent
ations made by the Society the Minister for Finance
had announced in his budget statement that the
Income Tax child allowance will be given in respect
of children over 16 years of age serving apprentice
ship. Provision will be made in the Finance Bill.
Road Traffic Acts prosecutions, costs
The Council considered a report from the Com
mittee on replies received from a number of Bar
Associations to the recent circular from the Society
asking for their views as to the adequacy or otherwise
of the costs at present paid by insurance companies
to solicitors for conducting the defence under the
Road Traffic Acts. It was decided to recommend
that the minimum fee for defending a summons
for dangerous driving should be £5 55. od. in a
local court and £5 53. od. plus a reasonable addition
for time and travelling expenses where the case is
heard in a town other than the town where the
solicitor has his principal office. These are minimum
fees for normal cases and do not apply to cases of
exceptional difficulty or to cases of drunkenness in
charge of motor vehicles.
A letter in these terms
has been sent to each Bar Association.
Land Registry, costs of transmission on death
An inquiry was received from a member as to
the appropriate charge under the Land Registration
Rules for registration of a probate to include pre-
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