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A member has drawn attention to a judicial pro
nouncement which should be noted in connection
with the paragraph under the above heading in the
November
Gazette.
In Attorney General
v.
Fitz
gerald (68 I. L. T. R. 249) there was an appeal by
Fitzgerald, the accused, against an order of the Cir
cuit Judge refusing bail and remanding him in cus
tody. The accused had been tried on charges on
which the jury had disagreed and fresh charges were
pending against him. One of the grounds on which
the State opposed the granting of bail was the alle
gation that the accused had interfered with State
witnesses. Per Hanna, J. "The next ground was that
of interfering with State witnesses. I am not quite
clear what 'interference' means as suggested by the
affidavit. Both accused and his solicitor, if they so
desire, may interview witnesses for the State, so long
as they do not suborn them to perjury. The mere
fact of talking to or having a drink with a State
witness is not of itself sufficient to disentitle the
applicant to bail." This dictum of Mr. Justice Hanna
should serve to dispel any doubts, if they ever existed
in this country, as to solicitors' rights in such cases.
(The Gazette,
February 1944, page 44).
DECEASED SOLICITORS' PRACTICES
INQUIRIES have been received in reference to the
following practices of the following deceased soli
citors : Samuel R. Lindsay, 14, South Mall, Cork;
Henry Noblett, 26, St. Andrew Street, Dublin;
Henry Noblett, 74, South Mall, Cork; John Ruck-
ley, 31, South Frederick Street, Dublin; Robert
Mercer, 21, Marlborough Street; Thomas Donnelly,
27, Dawson Street, Dublin.
Any member having any information in regard to
the above practices and the disposal of client's papers
should communicate with the Society.
APPOINTMENTS
MR. Desmond L. MacAllister, Solicitor, has been
appointed Registrar of Titles and Deeds.
Prior to this appointment, he was Deputy Regis
trar andChief Examiner ofTitles in the Land Registry.
Mr. A. J. O'Dwyer, B.A., B.L., has been appointed
Deputy Registrar and Chief Examiner of Titles in
the Land Registry.
Prior to this appointment, he was an Examiner of
Titles in that Office.
Mr. Dermot D. Fanning, Solicitor, has been ap
pointed an Examiner of Titles in the Land Registry.
Prior to this appointment, he was Senior Legal
Assistant in that Office.
Mr. William T. Moran, Solicitor, has been ap
pointed Senior Legal Assistant in the Land Registry.
•He had been a Legal Assistant in that Office prior
to his appointment.
DUBLIN SOLICITORS' BAR
ASSOCIATION
A MEETING of the Council was held on Wednesday,
4th February, 1959.
Votes of sympathy were passed with the relatives
of the late Mr. Scan O h-Uadhaigh, a former Presi
dent of the Association, and of the late District
Justice Fitzpatrick.
With a view to achieving an improvement in the
standard of service rendered by District Court Civil
Process Servers, the Sub-Committee dealing with the
subject was requested to seek a further interview
with the County Registrar to make new suggestions.
The Meeting thanked the Sub-Committee who had
devoted much time and trouble to the preparation of
Administration of Estate Reminders, and noted that
these are now being printed, and will shortly be
available. It is expected that they should be of con
siderable help to practitioners.
Under new arrangements the Metropolitan Dis
trict Court Office will no longer prepare Attendance
and Instalment Orders under the Enforcement of
Court Orders Acts. This change in procedure should
assist solicitors in controlling the amount of time
taken up in these proceedings, provided that there is
no delay in the signature of the orders, and their
return to the solicitors concerned.
A member wishing to adapt the Association's
form of contract for sale applied for consent which
was given.
The Association's form of draft letting agreement
is being reprinted, and will shortly be available at a
price of one shilling per copy from the Honorary
Treasurer, Mr. Rory O'Connor.
The next Meeting was fixed for Wednesday, 4th
of March, 1959.
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST SOLICITORS
BY order made on the nth day of July, 1958, the
Chief Justice directed that the name of Thomas K.
Fitzgibbon, who formerly practised at 18, Summer
Street, North Circular Road, Dublin, under the name
of Michael J. Dunne & Company, be struck off the
roll of solicitors on the ground of his conviction on
a criminal charge.
By order made on the 3151 day of October, 1958,
the Chief Justice directed that the name of Peadar
Cowan, who formerly practised at 67, Dame Street,
Dublin, be struck off the roll of solicitors on the
ground of his conviction on a criminal charge.
By order made on the 23rd day of January, 1959,
the Chief Justice directed that the name of Alexander
W. Hughes, who formerly practised at 3, Lower
Merrion Street, Dublin, under the name of William
C. Hogan & Sons, be struck off the roll of solicitors
on the ground of bis conviction on a criminal charge.