The Gazette 1961 - 64

THOMAS P. O'CONNOR, 77 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin. RODERICK D. O'DONNELL, 45 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin. GERARD M. QUIRK, Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary. ALBAN B. RIGNEY, 13/16 Fleet Street, Dublin. NOEL T. SMITH, 36 South Frederick Street, Dublin. DONALD O. STUART, 20 Westland Row, Dublin. FERGUS P. TAAFFE, 14 D'Olier Street, Dublin. CYRIL D. TARRANT, Arklow, Co. Wicklow. LAND REGISTRATION (SOLICITORS COSTS) RULES, 1962 The Registration of Title Rules Committee, with the concurrence of the Minister for Justice, have made the Land Registration (Solicitors Costs) Rules, 1962. The Rules come into operation on the ist September, 1962. The main change brought in by the Rules is the substitution of a higher scale of costs for voluntary transfers of registered land for the existing scale, with the difference that there is no longer an option to charge under Schedule II. The new item charges under Schedule II in S.R.G.O. of 1960 are applied, where appropriate, to registered land. The remainder is mainly a re-enactment of the existing scales. Copies of the Rules may be obtained from the Government Publications Sale Office, G.P.O. Arcade, Dublin, price if—, postage 3d. extra. DECISIONS OF PROFESSIONAL INTEREST Aiding Champerty — Solicitor only entitled to out of pocket expenses. In the case of in re Trepca Mines Ltd. the Court of Appeal has upheld the judgment of Mr. Justice Pennycuick in an interlocutory application for a review of taxation of the costs of a solicitor. His Lordship had held that if the solicitor was aware of the existence and the terms of a champertous agreement in connection with litigation his contract of retainer in respect of that litigation was un enforceable. The case was reported in last February's issue of THE GAZETTE, at page 81, and the facts are fully set out therein. The Master of the Rolls, giving judgment, said that a solicitor was not debarred from recovering his costs merely because he knew of his client's champertous agreement. But if he himself actively participated in a champertous agreement and gave his client positive assistance in implementing the champertous bargain, he was guilty of aiding and abetting an unlawful act and could not recover his costs. In this case he was satisfied that the solicitor's conduct went beyond mere knowledge and extended

Apprentices should take the first law examination. before attending any of the above lecture courses. The lecture courses for each term have been arranged to coincide as closely as possible with the University terms. DINNER DANCE TICKETS for the Society's annual dinner dance, which is to be held on Thursday, November 22nd, 1962, at the Shelbourne Hotel, will shortly be on sale at the hotel. Remittances 25/— per ticket made payable to the Shelbourne Hotel, with applications for table reservations, should be addressed to the Bookstall, Shelbourne Hotel, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin. LIST OF NEW MEMBERS FROM 1st AUGUST, 1961 TO 31st JULY, 1962 MARY P. M. BERKERY, 42/43 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin. MAUREEN BOURKE, 42/43 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin. PETER J. C. COYLE, 16 Earl Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth. JOHN V. P. CRESSWELL, 3/4 Foster Place, Dublin. ALBERT CUMMINS, Athenry, Co. Galway. MAURICE R. CURRAN, 24 South Anne Street, Dublin. JAMES J. DENNISON, Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick. ALEC DIAMOND, 12 South Frederick Street, Dublin. BARRY G. M. DONNELLY, Athy, Co. Kildare. EDWARD J. DUFFY, Virginia, Co. Cavan. ADRIAN F. J. FITZGERALD, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo. DONAL P. GALLAGHER, Donegal. JOSEPH GILMARTIN, Castlebar, Co. Mayo. LEWIS J. GOLDBERG, Library House, Pembroke Street, Cork. ANTHONY C. GORE-GRIMES, 6 Cavendish Row, Dublin. RORY M. HOGAN, Callan, Co. Kilkenny. BRENDAN J. JONES, Tipperary. MARTIN S. KEAVENY, Kells, Co. Meath. JOHN V. KELLY, Church Street, Cavan. KENNETH KENNY, 64 Wellington Road, Dublin. DONAL M. KING, Tralee, Co. Kerry. TIMOTHY B. McENiRY, 5 St. Andrew Street, Dublin. ALAN McGoNAGLE, 8 Montgomery Road, Malpas, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales. DERMOT J. MOLONEY, 22 Marlboro Street, Cork. HENRY B. C. MOORE, St. Johns, Islandbridge, Dublin. DERMOD MORRISSEY-MURPHY, Sligo. OWEN MULHOLLAND, 6 Sandford Road, Ranelagh, Dublin. F. X. MULLIGAN, 27 Eustace Street, Dublin. THOMAS F. O'CONNELL, 68 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin.