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make a purported letting to the tenant which is a
nullit) and he asked for the guidance of the Council
whether he should
(a)
advise his client to apply for
and obtain
the Land Commission consent or
(b)
postpone completion until the client can be
advised of the legal position. On a report from a
committee the Council stated that there must be
either
(a)
separate legal advice for the lessee or
(£) full disclosure as to the legal position by the
lessor's solicitor.
Press notices by solicitors
The Council in special circumstances approved of
the publication by a surviving partner of a press
notice stating that he had acquired the full interest
in the solicitor's practice formerly carried on by
another solicitor and 'himself in partnership. The
special circumstances were that the deceased partner
resided in Dublin and practised in the Dublin office
while the surviving partner carried on practice in
the country office of the partnership.
S.I. No. 94 of 1960
SOLICITORS ACT 1954 (APPRENTICE-
SHIP AND
EDUCATION)
(AMEND-
MENT) REGULATIONS 1960
The Incorporated Law Society of Ireland in
exercise of the powers conferred on them by
sections 4, 5, and 40, of the Solicitors Act, 1954,
and of every other power thereunto them enabling,
hereby make the following regulations :—
1. These regulations may be cited as the Solicitors
Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amend
ment) Regulations,
1960
and
shall come
into
operation on the 28th day of April, 1960.
2. These regulations shall be read together with
the Solicitors Act,
1954
(Apprenticeship
and
Education) Regulations, 1955 (S.I. No. 217 of 1955)
and the Solicitors Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and
Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 1956 (S.I.
No. 307 of 1956) and shall in so far as they are
inconsistent therewith alter and amend the same.
3. Regulation 22 of the Solicitors Act, 1954
(Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 1955
(S.I. No. 217 of 1955) is revoked and the following
regulation is substituted therefor :—
22. Society's lectures.
(i) The Society shall provide or arrange for the
provision of a course of lectures on each of the
following subjects :
(a)
company law,
(Jj)
conveyancing law and practice and land law,
(V)
the procedure and practice of the Courts,
(d)
tax law,
(e)
book-keeping,
(f)
the law of wills and probate and executorship
law and practice,
(g)
the
rights, duties and
responsibilities of
solicitors.
(2) The council may appoint and remunerate
lecturers. Each lecturer shall be appointed for a year
certain and shall be eligible for reappointment but
his term of office shall not exceed five years in all
unless the council by resolution on notice shall
otherwise direct.
(3) The Court of Examiners shall submit recom
mendations to the council as to the programme of
lectures and the council may adopt the same with
such alterations as they may think fit, and may from
time to time alter or amend the programme after
referring the matter to the Court of Examiners and •
considering their report thereon.
(4) The programme of lectures shall prescribe
the conditions which must be fulfilled by an appren
tice in order to obtain credit for lectures, the number
of lectures on each subject, the place, dates and
duration of lectures and such other matters as the
council shall think fit.
(5) Each
apprentice
seeking
admission
shall
produce to the Society evidence that he has attended
and obtained credit for the lectures prescribed by
this regulation in accordance with the provisions and
conditions of the published programme. A certificate
of credit for such lectures may be withheld by the
lecturer if he is not satisfied with the attendance of
an apprentice or with his conduct. A certificate of
credit for attendance at lectures shall be in form
AE. 8 in the schedule hereto.
4. The following form of certificate of credit for
lectures shall be substituted for form AE. 8 in the
schedule of forms
to the Solicitors Act, 1954
(Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 1955
(S.I. No. 217 of 1955)-
FORM AE. 8.
CERTIFICATE OF CREDIT FOR LECTURES.
I hereby certify that
of
.
has attended a course of lectures in
delivered by me during the session 19
, and that