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recognised Irish daily and local newspaper circulating
in the district in which the solicitor practices, of any
of the following matters :—
(a)
change of address or telephone number,
(b)
commencement of practice,
(IT) acquisition of another practice,
(d)
dissolution of partnership,
(e)
entry of a new partner into an existing firm,
provided that in any case the notice has not the form
or appearance of an advertisement.
A solicitor
commencing independent practice after dissolution
of a partnership of which he is a member, may publish
notice thereof in accordance with the above con
ditions. The ruling is in substitution for all former
rulings of the council.
CHARITIES BILL 1957
The text of the bill which has just been circulated,
consolidates the law relating to the powers of the
Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Be
quests. Among the new provisions contained in the
bill, section 29 amends section i of the Charitable
Donations and Bequests (Amendments) Act 1955,
by enabling the commissioners to frame schemes
applying the cy-pres doctrine to certain charitable
gifts where the value of the gift does not exceed
£5,000. This is in substitution for the sum of £2,000
in the 195 5 Act, applicable to personalty. By section
32 the commissioners, on the application of charity
trustees, may direct the investment of charity funds
inter alia
in equity stock or shares of an industrial
or a commercial company incorporated in the State,
or in the purchase of freehold or leasehold land in
the State. Section 44 makes certain provisions with
regard to the taxation of solicitors' costs, which are
not considered satisfactory and the council have
made representations thereon.
The Act may be
amended on its passage through the Oireachtas and,
when passed, will be of considerable importance to
practitioners advising charities.
INCOME TAX ALLOWANCE TO
SALARIED SOLICITORS
The Society are in correspondence with the
Departments of Justice and Finance about difficulties
which have been experienced by some salaried
solicitors in obtaining an allowance for income tax
purposes of the registration fee and the compensation
fund contribution on taking out practising certifi
cates. No difficulty arises in respect of schedule D
assessment, but some members assessed under sche
dule E have found difficulty in getting the allowance.
Representations have been made to the appropriate
authorities.
THE NEW SCHEDULE II
The following general order under the Solicitors'
Remuneration Act 1881 was laid before Dail Eireann
on 26th October, 1960, and before Seanad Eireann
on gth November, 1960 and is now in force :—
S.I. No. 165 of 1960
SOLICITORS' REMUNERATION
GENERAL ORDER 1960
We, the body in that behalf authorised by the Solicitors'
Remuneration Act, 1881, as adapted by the Solicitors' Re
muneration Act, 1881 (Adaptation) Order, 1946 (S.R. and O.
1946 No. 208) made pursuant to the Adaptation of Enact
ments Act, 1922, do hereby, in pursuance and execution of
the powers given to us by the said statute as so adapted and
of all other powers enabling us in that behalf, make the
annexed general order.
1. This order may be cited as the Solicitors' Remuneration
General Order, 1960, and this order and the Solicitors' Re
muneration General Order, 1884, the Solicitors' Remuneration
General Order (No. i), 1920, the Solicitors' Remuneration
General Order, 1947, and the Solicitors' Remuneration General
Order, 1951, shall be read together and may be cited as the
Solicitors' Remuneration General Orders, 1884
to 1960.
References in this general order to "the Order of 1884"
mean the Solicitors' Remuneration General Order, 1884, as
amended by the above-mentioned subsequent general orders,
other than this order.
2. In paragraph 2
(c)
and in paragraph 6 of the Order of
1884 for the words " according to the present system as
altered by Schedule II hereto " there shall be substituted the
words " in accordance with Schedule II hereto ".
3. The following amendments shall be made in the rules
applicable to Part I of Schedule I to the Order of 1884 :—
(a)
In Rule 2 for the words " according to the present
system, as altered by Schedule II hereto " there shall be
substituted the words " in accordance with Schedule II
hereto ".
(/;) In Rule 5
for the words " under the old system, as
altered by Schedule II hereto " there shall be substituted
the words " under Schedule II hereto ".
(c)
In Rule 10 for the words " according to the present
system, as altered by Schedule II hereto " there shall be
substituted the words " in accordance with Schedule II
hereto ".
(d)
At the end there shall be added the following rule :—
" ii. The remuneration according to the preceding
scale shall apply to sales and purchases of leasehold
property although there may have been no previous
assignment or other dealing with the leasehold
interest since the grant of the lease ".
4. The following amendments shall be made in the rules
applicable to Part II of Schedule I to the Order of 1884 :—
(a)
In Rule I for the words " according to the present
system as altered by Schedule II " there shall be sub
stituted the words " in accordance with Schedule II
hereto ".
(Ii)
In Rule 4 for the words " under the old system as
altered by Schedule II" there shall be substituted the
words " under Schedule II hereto ".
(c)
At the end there shall be added the following rule :—
" 7. Except in cases to which Rule 5 applies where the
solicitor for the vendor, lessor, purchaser or lessee
negotiates the conveyance or lease he shall be
entitled to charge for such negotiation in accord
ance with Schedule II hereto ".
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