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Vol. 52
No. 1
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THE GAZETTE
INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND
President
JOHN CARRIGAN
Vice-Presidents
JOHN R. HALPIN,
FRANCIS J. LANIGAN
ERIC A. PLUNKETT
FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS
MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL
MAY STH :
The President in the Chair. Also
present: Messrs. John R. Halpin, Niall S. Gaffney,
Derrick M. Martin, Dermot P. Shaw, Ralph J.
Walker, Robert McD. Taylor, James J. O'Connor,
Cornelius J. Daly, Patrick R. Boyd, Arthur Cox,
George G. Overend, John J, Nash, William J. V.
Comerford, Bryan Murphy, Joseph P. Tyrrell,
John B. Jermyn, Peter E. O'Connell, John Maher,
James W. O'Donovan, Charles J. Downing, James R.
Quirke, Francis J. Lanigan, Desmond J. Collins,
Patrick O'Donnell, Thomas A. O'Reilly, George A.
Nolan, Patrick Noonan, Terence de Vere White.
The following was among the business transacted :
Solicitors sharing Auctioneers' Commission
A CIRCULAR recently issued by a firm of auctioneers
offering to share commission with solicitors intro–
ducing business, was brought to the attention of
the Council. The Secretary stated that he was
advised by counsel that the retention of such com–
mission without disclosure to the client, might be
in contravention of the Prevention of Corruption
Act, 1906.
It was decided to issue a circular to
members drawing attention to this fact.
Legal Representation at International
Arbitrations
A COMMITTEE reported that the International Bar
Association had drawn the attention of the Society
to the following clause in a comparative survey of
the rules and statutes of institutions active in the
field of international arbitration appearing in a
document prepared
for
transmission
through
Governments to the various arbitral institutions
concerned.
It is suggested
that although there will
probably not be too great difficulty in obtaining
agreement on a provision designed to secure
the representation of the parties, it would be
perhaps be desirable were such a provision to
exclude representation by barristers, solicitors,
or other professional representatives unless both
parties and the arbitrators consent
to
the
representation.
It was decided that representations should be
made to the various Government Departments con–
cerned with this matter, strongly opposing the
suggestion that legal representation should be ex–
cluded.