The Gazette 1949-1952

July—“ Solicitor’s mortgage charges ” ; “ Solicitors’ Practice Rules, 1936— The Evill Case.”

CORRESPONDENCE

8 S o u t h G r e a t G e o r g e ’ s S t r e e t , D u b l i n . 11 th August, 1951.

HIGH COURT RULES, 1951 (S.I. 224/1951).

D e a r M r . P l u n k e t t , I wish to express, through you, my thanks to the President and Council, and the members of the Incorporated Law Society, for their assistance and co-operation, so generously and readily given, towards my election to the Senate. I fully appreciate the great help given to me by so many of my fellow solicitors, and I feel that my success has been, in no small way, due to them. It is a great pleasure to me, too, to have found that our profession recognised that we should have a representative in the Senate. I desire, also, to thank you personally for your most helpful interest and work. Yours sincerely, P. F. O’R E ILLY . LAW CLERKS JOINT LABOUR COMMITTEE. (S.I. 230/1951). The Labour Court hereby gives notice that it has made an Employment Regulation Order, effect­ ive as from Friday, 17th August, 1951, providing for increased rates of remuneration for, and regulat­ ing the conditions of employment of workers in relation to whom the Law Clerks Joint Labour Committee operates. REG ISTRAT ION OF T IT LE ACTS, 1891 a n d 1942. Registered Owner : J a m e s T. Y o u n g An application has been made by the Registered Owner to the Registrar of Titles for the issue o f a Certificate of Title in substitution for the Certificate specified in the Schedule hereto, which, it is alleged, has been lost or inadvertently destroyed. The Registrar of Titles will issue a duplicate Certificate unless he is notified within 28 days from the date of this Notice that the said Certificate o f Title is still in existence and in the custody o f some person other than the above named Registered Owner, 37 NOTICE Folio 463 C o u n t y C a r l o w

T h e effect of these rules made b y the Superior Courts Rules Committee on the 27th July, 1951, is to. in­ crease the fees pajuible to Commissioners for Oaths and to increase the amounts allowed to solicitors for attending a High Court or Supreme Court action. Commissioners for Oaths may henceforth charge : For taking every Oath, Declaration or Averment ... 3/-. For marking each exhibit ... ' '1/6 Not to exceed in all £ 1. The minimum fee for attending on the hearing or trial of any cause or matter before a High Court Judge with or without a jury for each day of hearing more than one, remains unchanged at £ 1 5s. per day. The maximum fee has been increased from £3 1 8s. 9c!. to £ j 5s. per day, and the requirement that special grounds must be shown in support of a fee exceeding £ 1 5s. has been abolished. In addition, the Master may henceforth allow reasonable actual travelling ex­ penses (heretofore this was not provided for). This order will shortly be obtainable from the Stationery Office. LAND REGISTRATION RULES, 1951 (S.I. 226/1951). T he effect o f these rules is that henceforth a Land Certificate may be issued in a form which shall in­ corporate a photostatic positive facsimile of the Land Registry folio. A copy will shortly be obtainable at the Stationery Office—price 2d.

PRESIDENT’S VISIT TO AMERICA

T h e P r e s id e n t has been invited to address the 74th annual meeting of the American Bar Association, to be held in New York, September 17/21, 1951. The President has also been invited to address the Standing Committee on Legal Aid Work of the Association o f the Bar of the City of New York at its annual luncheon on Thursday, September 20th.