cent in certain costs prescribed in Appendix W
(as amended) to the Rules of the Superior Courts
(S.I. No. 72 of 1962). The costs affected are the costs
("other than " discretionary " costs) set out in Part I
(General), Part IV (Costs of judgment in default of
appearance), Part V
(Non-contentious probate
matters), Part VI (Bankruptcy) and Part VII (Appeals
from the Circuit Court). The Order is operative as
from ist August 1964.
RULES OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS
(NO. 4), 1964
1. In Order 104, rule i, the words " the Hilary
Sittings shall begin on the nth January and end on
the Saturday of the week preceding the Easter
vacation" shall be deleted and the words " the
Hilary sittings shall begin on the nth January and
end on the Friday of the week preceding the Easter
vacation " shall be substituted therefor.
2. Order 104, rule 4, shall be deleted and the
following rule substituted therefor :
"4 (i) The several offices of the Supreme Court
and of the High Court shall be open
for public business on every day of the
year except Saturdays, Sundays, Christ–
mas Day and the seven next following
days, St. Patrick's Day, Good Friday,
Monday and Tuesday in Easter Week,
Whit Monday, the first Monday in
August, and the days duly appointed
to be observed as public holidays in
public offices.
(2) The hours during which such offices
are open for public business shall be as
follows :
(a)
during the sittings, from half past
ten o'clock in the forenoon to half
past four o'clock in the afternoon ;
(V)
during the Long vacation, from
half past ten o'clock in the fore–
noon to one o'clock in the after–
noon ;
(c)
during other vacations, from half
past ten o'clock in the forenoon
to two o'clock in the afternoon."
3. In Order 107, rule 5
(i), the words
Saturdays " shall be deleted.
4. (i) In Order 79, rule 84, the word "Saturdays"
shall be inserted immediately before the
word "Sundays".
(2) In Order 108, rules 2 and 3, the word
"Saturday" shall be inserted immediately
before the word "Sunday".
5. These Rules shall be construed together with
the Rules of the Superior Courts and may be cited as
the Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 4), 1964.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the instrument and does not
purport to be a legal interpretation.)
These Rules amend the Rules of the Superior
Courts (S.I. No. 72 of 1962) prescribing the days on
which the several offices attached to the Superior
Courts shall be open for public business and provide,
in particular, for the closing of these offices on
Saturdays. They also prescribe the hours during
which the offices shall be open for public business.
EXAMINATION RESULTS
At examinations held on the 3rd July, 1964 under
the Solicitors Act, 1954, the following candidates
passed :
First Examination in Irish :
John P. P. Aylmer,
Roger P. Ballagh, Michael Carrigan, Patrick Coleman,
Mary Courtney, Patrick G. Fleming, Denis A. E.
Gleeson, John Glynn, Bruno G. Healy, Stephen J.
MacKenzie, John T. D. O'Dwyer, Helen Mary
Quinn, Avice Redmond, Aveen M. J. Smith.
14 candidates attended ;
14 passed.
Second Examination in Irish :
William M. Cahir,
Thomas J. Colgan, B.C.L., Michael N. Dolan,
Eugene P. Hunt, B.A., Francis B. Keating, Gerard
Kirwan, B.C.L., Patrick J. Lavan, Aideen M.
O'Keeffe, Josephine M. E. O'Meara, Eleanor A.
O'Rourke, Cyril M. Osborne, Michael Reynolds,
John R. Sweeney, Brian Woodcock.
14 candidates attended ; 14 passed.
At the Book-keeping Examination for apprentices
to solicitors held on the 22nd June, 1964, the follow–
ing candidates passed :
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Passed with merit:
John F. M. Darley.
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