274 / 338
By leave of the meeting Mr. Carrigan proposed
and Mr. Walker seconded an amendment to the
motion that all necessary consequential amendments
to other bye-laws to bring them into conformity
with the main motion, if passed, should be made
including the following :
Bye-Law
28. By the substitution of " previous
general meetings " for " May General Meeting ".
Bye-Law zyA.
By the deletion of the words
" (in either October or November) " in line 2 and
" (in the month of November) " in line 4.
Eye-Law
37. By the substitution of the words
" last ordinary general meeting " for " November
general meeting" with the consequential alteration
of the headings of the ballot papers in Schedules
C and D.
The motion as so amended was put to the meeting
and^carried unanimously.
The 23rd November, 1960 was appointed as the
date of the next annual general meeting.
At general business :
Mr. Eunan McCarron
proposed and Mr. John R. Halpin seconded the
following motion :
This general meeting being satisfied that it is
in the common interest of the general public and
the solicitors' profession that the practice of a
solicitor acting for both vendor and purchaser in
certain conveyancing transactions is dangerous and
undesirable and should be curtailed or prohibited.
Resolve that the Council of the Incorporated
Law Society of Ireland be and is hereby requested
to consider the matter and if satisfied that it is
desirable and practicable to curtail or prohibit
such practice to introduce a rule to implement
such decision.
The following members spoke :
Messrs. J. B.
MacGarry, Arthur Cox, J. W. O'Donovan, C. J.
Daly, T. V. O'Connor, Hugh O'Donnell.
The motion was not put to the meeting but the
President stated that it would be considered by the
appropriate committee of the Council and that the
Council would make a report to the ordinary general
meeting in May, 1961.
10. On the motion of Mr. Cox, Mr. Walker,
Vice-President took the chair. Mr. Cox then
proposed and Mr. Halpin seconded a vote of thanks
to the President for his distinguished services to the
profession during his period of office. Mr. Walker
associated himself with the motion which was put
to the meeting and carried with acclaimation.
The President replied and the proceedings then
terminated.
MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL
November 24th. The President in the chair, also
present Messrs. Arthur Cox, George A. Nolan,
Terence de Vere White, Thomas V. O'Connor,
Patrick Noonan, Desmond J. Collins, Dinnen B.
Gilmore, James J. O'Connor, Thomas A. O'Reilly,
James R. Green, Robert McD. Taylor, John
Carrigan, James W. O'Donovan, John R. Halpin,
Ralph J. Walker, Peter E. O'Connell, Brendan T.
Walsh, John Maher, Eunan McCarron, William A.
Tormey, John Kelly, Augustus Cullen, Brendan
McGrath, George G. Overend, John J. Shell,
Peter D. M. Prentice.
The following was among the business transacted :
Committees of the Council
The committees for the year 1960-61 were
appointed and are printed in this issue of the
GAZETTE.
Vacancies on the Council
The Council unanimously passed a vote of
appreciation and thanks to Messrs. Dermot P. Shaw,
and Charles J. Downing who did not seek re-election
for their services to the profession during their
period of office on the Council. Mr. Shaw was
elected to the Council in November, 1946 and served
as President for the year 1955-56.
Mr. Downing was elected in November, 1952 and
served as Vice-President for the year 1956-57.
Pension annuity scheme
The Council adopted a report from a committee
approving of the pension annuity scheme submitted
by Irish Pensions Trust. A brochure with particulars
of the scheme will be circulated by the Society to
members in the new year.
DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE
The President of the High Court has appointed
the following members of the Society to be the
Disciplinary Committee for the year 1960-61 :
John Carrigan, Desmond J. Collins, Niall S. Gaffney,
John R. Halpin, Eunan McCarron, Peter E.
O'Connell, George G. Overend, Peter D. M.
Prentice, Robert McD. Taylor, Dermot P. Shaw.
COMMITTEES OF THE COUNCIL
Registrar's Committee
Thomas A. O'Reilly, chairman, William J.
Comerford, Dinnen B. Gilmore, James R. Green,
Charles W. Hyland, John Kelly, John Maher,
Desmond J. Moran, Brendan A. McGrath, George
A. Nolan, Patrick Noonan, James J. O'Connor,
John J. Shell, Terence de Vere White.