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for these costs calculated on the fine and on the rent.
In the absence of such a stipulation each party, pays
his own costs calculated on the fine and on the rent.
Solicitor-Executor.
Privilege
A member drew a will for a client who made a
number of pecuniary bequests and devises. Member
was solicitor and sole executor. He extracted Probate
and completed the administration of the estate a
number of years ago. He recently discovered that
certain assets were concealed by the testator's widow
with the result that there is an undischarged liability
for death duties and the residuary legatees were
underpaid. Part of the undisclosed assets consisted
of deposit receipts in the joint names of testator and
his wife and the rest was a substantial amount of cash
in the house. Member enquired as to his professional
position. The Council in reply stated that member
has a duty as solicitor and executor to disclose the
new information that has come to his notice both to
the Revenue Authorities and the residuary legatees
but he should not disclose the source of his inform–
ation if he obtained it from the widow in a
professional capacity.
ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
An Ordinary General Meeting of the Society was
held at The Library, Solicitors' Buildings, Four
Courts, Dublin, on Thursday, I4th May, 1964 at
2.30 o'clock.
The President took the chair.
The notice convening
the meeting was
by
permission taken as read.
The minutes of the Ordinary General Meeting
held on zist November, 1963, were read confirmed,
and signed.
Pursuant to Bye-Law 28
the Chairman nomin–
ated the following members as the scrutineers of the
ballot for the election of the Council for the year,
1964-65 :
J. R. McC. Blakeney, Thomas Jackson, Brend;m
P. McCormack, Roderick J. Tierney, and
Alexander J. McDonald.
The President addressing the meeting said:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
Before dealing with the business of your Society,
I have to record with regret the death since we last
met of the following members of the Society :
Scan Gibbons and his son, Niall Gibbons, both of
8 Trinity Street, Dublin.
John D. O'Connell, Tralee, Co. Kerry,
Patrick Murphy, Finance Solicitor, 51 St. Stephen's
Green, Dublin,
Derek Hurley, 15 St. Stephen's Green,
Herbert J. W. Downey, 22 Kildare Street, Dublin,
Patrick E. Rogers, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal,
Alan G. Murray, 3 Dawson Street, Dublin,
Edward Minogue, Claremorris, Co. Mayo,
John M. Dudley, Mallow, Co. Cork,
John T. Hannon, Law Commissioner, Land Com–
mission,
Nicholas J. Cosgrave, 39 Nassau Street, Dublin,
Charles S. Doyle, 34 Kildare Street, Dublin.
On behalf of the members of the Council and on
my own behalf I would like to express deep sympathy
with their relatives and friends.
At each half yearly meeting of our Society it is
customary for the President to give a short account
of any developments which have taken place since
the previous meeting.
You will, no doubt, recall that some time ago your
Council arranged for lectures to be given to assist in
post-graduate legal education. Three lectures have
already been given and further lectures it is hoped
will be arranged at a later date.
A few hours after I had been elected as President
of the Society on the 5th December last I presided
at the first of the three lectures all of which were held
here in our law library. The subject matter was
Town Planning a subject which interests more
and more people as our cities continue to develop
and expand. Mr. Matthew Purcell whose knowledge
of the subject is apparently unlimited held the
attention of an audience of over seventy people and
although he appeared to have copious notes he never
seemed to refer to them at all during his address
which was very cordially received.
The subject of the second lecture which was held
on 9th January of this year was Taxation. Once
again there was an audience of over seventy people
present. Mr. Vincent Grogan, the lecturer, excelled
himself. Taxation is nothing new but it is a subject
which is becoming more and more important in
these competitive days and solicitors appreciate how
necessary it is to know everything possible about the
subject so that they may advise their clients not only
on how to live but how they can afford to die.
I
think it is safe to say that everyone present at that
lecture learned something new and helpful.
On 6th February the subject of the lecture was
Company Law and once again there was a very large
attendance. Mr. Patrick Kilroy was the lecturer. He