92 / 338
Mrs. Justice Donovan, agreeing, referred to the
very proper and generous attitude of the committee
now that the full facts had been brought out.
(In
Re
A Solicitor,
The Times,
January 15, 1959.)
Gifts by Solicitor recoveredfor creditors of Estate.
Mr. Justice Danckwerts, sitting in bankruptcy,
approved a compromise between the trustee in bank
ruptcy of the late Mr. Robert Nathaniel Eichholz,
solicitor, who died in 1957, and Mrs. Beryl Clare
Jago, of Greenhill Farmhouse, Otham, Kent, under
which Mrs. Jago surrendered to the trustee for the
benefit of creditors property worth some £30,000
which had been given to her by the deceased.
Mr. Pearlman said that he was exercising his right
of audience as a solicitor before his Lordship, and
that this was another matter relating to the late Mr.
Eichholz which had not been previously before the
Court.
Between 1948 and his death in 1957 the deceased
paid Mrs. Jago over £85,000 in cash, without any
consideration, and also gave her furs, jewellery, ob
jects of art of considerable value, and securities.
The trustee had started proceedings on December
18, 1958, and the Official Solicitor was appointed
receiver. On January 13 an order was made in
chambers ordering her to hand over to him assets
worth some £30,000.
The deceased treated Mrs. Jago as if she were his
adopted daughter, although she was never legally
adopted. She had stated in her private examination
that she regarded the deceased as a father and that
he had considered himself in
loco parentis;
she had
been completely frank in all the answers that she
gave. Under the terms of the order she admitted
that the securities and property were conveyed to her
by the deceased with intent to defraud the creditors,
and that she was under an obligation to transfer them
to the trustee, and that if she discovered the existence
of any other property acquired by her from moneys
provided by the deceased she would inform the
trustee and do all acts in her power reasonably neces
sary to assist him to obtain possession thereof.
His Lordship : It seems to me that she has acted
very fairly and very much to her credit. I approve
of the terms of the compromise;
it seems very
satisfactory.
(In
Re
Eichholz, Deceased.
The Times,
February 17,
I 959-)
OBITUARY
SEAN 6 hllADHAiGH.
THE death of Scan (3 hUadhaigh on zist January
leaves a gap in the legal profession which it will
indeed be hard to fill and a loss to his innumerable
friends impossible to replace. He was outstanding
as a man and as a lawyer in the high qualities of
his character. His name was a synonym not only
for integrity but also for personal courage.
In the
hard years he never hesitated in taking a stand on
his principles and for these he was always prepared
to jeopardize himself and his career.
He never sough advancement for himself. He
never spared himself in the causes which he thought
right.
Among the many tributes paid to him since his
death not the least has been the recognition by the
Gaelic League of the lifelong devotion to the
language. The yearly scholarship now founded by
the League in his name will keep his memory alive
for generations of students.
If he had been asked
to choose a memorial he would certainly have
wished this above all others.
The profession, the Society and the Council will
for ever be in his debt. His service to it went far
beyond even the brilliant discharge of his duties
when President and the ordinary work of the
Council for very many years. Whatever difficulty
arose, he was always the first to help.
His colleagues mourn him, but will always
remember him with pride. May the eternal light
shine upon him.
A.C.
MR. Alexander A. Campbell, Solicitor, died on the
24th August, 1958.
Mr. Campbell served his apprenticeship with the
late Mr. William Harper, 84 Donegall Street, Belfast,
was admitted in Trinity Sittings, 1896 and practised
at 4 Waring Street, Belfast up to his retirement in
1948.
Mr. Charles Thorn, Solicitor, died on the 29th
October, 1958.
Mr. Thom served his apprenticeship with Mr.
William H. Carson, 41 Royal Avenue, Belfast, was
admitted in Hilary Sittings, 1909, and practised as
partner in the firm of Messrs. Carson, Bailie, Johns-
ton & Thom, 41-51 Royal Avenue, Belfast.
District Justice Fintan Fitzpatrick died on the 9th
January, 1959 at a Dublin hospital.
Justice Fitzpatrick served his apprenticeship with
the late Mr. Daniel O'C. Miley, 60 Upper Sackville
Street, Dublin, was admitted in Hilary Sittings, 1911,
and practised at 10, Nassau Street, Dublin up to his
being called to the Bar in 1922,
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