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COMMITTEE ON IRISH AND
COMPARATIVE LAW
A meeting of the above Committee was con
vened by Mr. A. G. Donaldson, Belfast, whose
book on Irish and Comparative Law
is well-
known to members. Mr. Vincent Grogan, S.C.,
who is the Honorary Treasurer of the Committee
presided. The attendance included the Chief Jus
tice the Hon. Cearbhall O Dalaigh, Mr. Justice
Brian Walsh and Mr. Justice John Kenny. The
meetings of the Committee afford an opportunity
of lawyers in practice in the two jurisdictions in
Ireland (i.e. the Republic and Northern Ireland)
to come together and discuss problems of mutual
interest. On this occasion Northern Ireland was
represented by a much bigger contingent than
from the Republic. The Law Schools in Trinity
College, Dublin and Queen's University, Belfast
were represented but only one representative came
from the constituent Colleges of National Uni
versity. The matters for discussion were :—
(i) the work of the World Peace Through Law
Centre; whose work was explained to the
meeting by Mr. T. A. Doyle, S.C., Chair
man of the Bar Council, Dublin;
• (ij) report on
the International Congress of
,
Comparative Law held at Uppsala
in
August, 1966 by Mr. J. B. McCartney,
Lecturer in Law, Queen's University, Bel-
....
fast.
:
There' was a dinner after the meeting and in a
very informal and congenial atmosphere problems
touching the professions and the law were dis
cussed at length.
'
Mr. T. C. Smyth and Mr. C. Gavan Duffy
represented the Society.
LAND COMMISSION
The following Orders have been made by the
Minister for' Lands regarding the payment of
solicitors' costs :—
WHEREAS under subsection
(1) of section
15 of the Land Act, 1965, notwithstanding
any -other provision of
the Land Purchase
Acts',1 'the powers and functions of the Judicial
Commissioner and the Land Commission in
relation to the distribution of purchase money
(including the certifying under subsection (2)
of section 5 of the Land Act, 1923, of sums
out of the Costs Fund established under that
section) may be exercised by such Examiners
.of the Land Commission as
the "'Minister,
with the consent of the Judicial Commissioner,
may authorise
for
the
purpose, Now,
I,
Micheal O Morain, Minister for Lands, pur
suant to
the said subsection
(1) of section
15 of the said Act, with the consent of the
Judicial Commissioner, hereby authorise each
of the officers named in the Schedule hereto
to exercise the aforesaid powers and functions.
SCHEDULE
Name
Official Designation
M. P. Gavagan
Chief Examiner of the Land Com
mission
G.
L. Collins
Examiner of the Land Commission
M. G. O'Beirn
Examiner of the Land Commission
P. Byrne
Examiner of the Land Commission
Given under my hand this 9th day of Nov
ember, 1965.
MICHEAL O MORAIX,
Minister for Lands.
By a similar order dated 8th February
the
name of Mr. D. M. G. Slattery, Examiner of
the Land Commissioner, was added to the above
schedule.
LAND ACT 1965
Pursuant to the powers conferred on me by
Section 16 of the Land Act 1965 and any other
pb!wer
in
that behalf
otherwise
enabling
I
hereby direct the Examiners authorised for the
purpose of sub-Section (1) of Section 15 of the
said Act by the authorisation of
the Minister
for Lands 'dated the> l 9th day of November 1965
to accept, as the pe¥ibd of commencement of
title which the owner,''teriant or other claimant
shall be required to deduce, a period of not less
than :
'
(a)
12 years beginning on
the date of a
Conveyance, Transfer or Assignment for
valuable consideration of the land or hold
ing and ending on the date on which
the land or tenant's interest therein vested
in the Land Commission, or
(b)
30 years ending on the date on which
the land or tenant's interest therein vested
in
the Land Commission, whichever
is
the shorter.
Dated this 19th day of November 19^5.'
.
Signed : THOMAS TEEWiN,
...
.
Judicial Commissioner
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