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Vol.
52
No. 3
JULY,
1958
THE GAZETTE
of the
INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND
President
JOHN CARRIGAN
Vice-Presidents
JOHN R. HALPIN,
FRANCIS J. LANIGAN
Secretary
ERIC A. PLUNKETT
FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS
MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL
JULY 3RD :
The President in the Chair.
Also
present: Messrs. Desmond J. Mayne, William J.
Comerford, James J. O'Connor, R. McD. Taylor,
Peter E. O'Connell, Francis }. Lanigan, Reginald
J. Nolan, G. G. Overend, N. S. Gaffney, George A.
Nolan, John J. Shiel, Dermot P. Shaw, Ralph J.
Walker, John R. Halpin, J. R. Quirke, P. R. Boyd,
Thomas A. O'Reilly, A. Cox.
The following was among the business transacted :
Land Commission, Receivable Orders
ON representations received from the Provincial
Solicitors' Association it was decided to ask the
Land Commission to include particulars of the
relevant folio number on the receivable order.
Client's privilege against disclosure
MEMBERS acted for a client who left the country
and subsequently wrote to members giving them
his address confidentially with instructions not to
disclose it.
Proceedings were subsequently taken
against the client by his wife and members were
asked to accept service of proceedings and on their
refusal the solicitors of the wife notified them that
they would apply to the Court for liberty to sub–
stitute service on members. Members asked for
the guidance of the Council as to whether they would
be obliged to disclose their client's residence. The
Council stated that the client's name or address
should not be disclosed except on an order of the
Court.
Seanad Electoral Law Commission
THE Council received a communication from the
Commission
asking
them
to
submit
evidence
within the terms of reference of the commission,
which broadly speaking are to make proposals for
a new method of election to the Council within the
framework of the Constitution of the Republic.
The Council appointed a special Committee to
deal with the matter.
" Without
prejudice"
settlement
with
insurance company
MEMBERS
submitted
correspondence with
an
insurance company concerning a case in which
they acted for the claimant and in which the insurance
company
agreed
in
correspondence marked
" without prejudice " on both sides to pay a sum
in full settlement of the claim and costs without
admission of liability.
The claimants' solicitors
accepted the offer in a letter marked " without
prejudice."
The insurance company subsequently