The Gazette 1961 - 64

solicitors' offices were now operating a five day week Saturday should be a dies non for the service of court proceedings as Sunday is. The Council decided that no general recommendation should be issued on the subject but that the Society's representative on the Superior Court Rules Committee should be asked to enquire from the committee whether it would be possible to introduce a rule providing that where the last day for serving any document or taking any steps expires on a Saturday, the period should be extended so as to expire on the following Monday. Lecture by a solicitor Amember enquired if there would be any objection to his delivering a lecture to a meeting of the Sup eriors of certain religious orders on the subject of the advantages or otherwise of incorporation for relig ious communities for thepurposeofholding property. Member would not be getting any fee for delivering the lecture and if the lecture is published his name will not appear over it. The Council on a report from a committee stated that there would be no objection to member giving the lecture referred to. Costs of approving draft memorial of a lease where the lease is registered by the lessee's solicitor A member acted for the lessors of property. A new lease was negotiated and on the zist July, 1960 the agents for the lessor wrote to the lessee's solicitor quoting the terms of the new lease and stating that the lessee would be responsible for the costs of the lessor's solicitor in connection with a new lease and in connection with registering the same. The lessee's solicitors agreed in writing to the terms of this letter and in due course returned the draft lease approved of and stated that they would have it registered on their client's signature and would prepare a memorial in due course. Member requested that a draft mem orial be submitted for approval and the lessee's solicitors refused to do this. Opinion 38 of the Council states that it is the right of the solicitor for a lessee, should he so desire, in the absence of agreement to the contrary, to prepare the memorial and register the lease at the expense of his client. Opinion 39 states that where the memorial for registering a lease is prepared by the solicitor for the lessee, the solicitor for the lessor is entitled to be paid by the lessee the costs of approving of and obtaining the execution of a memorial under Schedule II in addition to all other charges to which he may be entitled. On the basis that the lessee's solicitors were entitled to register the lease as there was no agreement to the contrary the Council, on a report from a committee, were of opinion that the lessee's solicitors should submit a draft memorial for approval

by the lessor's solicitors and that the lessee was liable for the costs of the lessor's solicitors of approving the draft memorial, chargeable under Schedule II. ACQUISITION OF LAND (ASSESSMENT OF COMPENSATION) FEES RULES, 1962 The above order was signed by the Minister for Finance on the 23rd March, 1962 and it has effect as regards applications made under Rule 2 of the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Fees Rules 1920 made after the 3151 March, 1962 and as respects awards of and hearings before arbitrators appointed pursuant to such applications made after that date. The order revises the fees chargeable for the services of the property arbitrator appointed under the Acquisition ofLand(Assessment of Compensation) Act 1919. The order is available from the Government Publication Office, Henry Street Arcade, Dublin (price 4d., postage 2d. extra.). EMPLOYMENT REGULATION ORDER (LAW CLERKS JOINT LABOUR COM MITTEE) 1962 The above order was signed on the 29th March, 1962 and it fixes new minimum rates of pay as and from the 9th April, 1962 for certain workers em ployed in solicitors' offices. The order is available from the Government Publications Office, Henry Street Arcade, Dublin (price 9d., postage 2d. extra.) CORRECTION In the CIRCULAR LETTER sent to all members with the March issue of THE GAZETTE it was stated that the recent Government White Paper on Law Reform was available from the Government Publications Office, price 4d. (postage 2d. extra.). This is not correct as it should have read " price i/6d. (postage zd. extra) ". Any members who have ordered and have forwarded cash on the basis that the price was 4d. are requested to forward the balance in order to enable the Government Publications Office to deal with their orders. MEDICO-LEGAL SOCIETY OF IRELAND The last meeting of the Society for the current Session was held in the Royal Hibernian Hotel on Monday 26th March, 1962 when the Earl of Long ford, P.C., gave an address on " The Theory of Punishment". In England, there were approx imately three times as many criminals as in Ireland, and three times as many crimes were committed as before the Second World War; there were no less than 29,000 convicted prisoners now. There were two schools of thought—those who regarded punishment IO2