The Gazette 1949-1952

Entries in Foreign Law Directories The Secretary was directed to write to solicitors whose entries in the English and Scottish and other law directories contravene the recent recommenda­ tion of the Council on the subject matter to be included in such entries. Formation o f Limited Companies by Accountants T he Secretary stated that representations had been made to the Institute o f Chartered Accountants, the Society of Incorporated Accountants, the Association o f Certified and Corporate Accountants, and the Association of Practising and Commercial Accountants, on the subject of the preparation of memoranda and articles of association and the forma­ tion of limited companies, and that satisfactory replies had been received from the Society of Incorporated Accountants and the Association of Certified and Corporate Accountants. The matter is still under consideration by the Council of the Institute o f Chartered Accountants. SOLICITORS’ NOTEPAPER T he Council wish to publish the following recom­ mendations for the guidance of the profession on the subject of the propriety or otherwise of using certain words and descriptive matter on solicitors office newspaper : (1) Where a solicitor engaged in private practice acts also for the State, or as solicitor for a public body such as a local authority, there is no objection to a statement that he so acts on his office notepaper used exclusively for the business o f the State or the public body concerned. Such a statement is normally in the form of a caption such as “ State So'ici- tor,” “ Solicitor for Minors,” “ County Solicitor,” or “ Solicitor for the X County Council.” (2) It is not in accordance with professional etiquette that the names of clients for whom a solicitor acts should be printed on notepaper used for correspondence not on their business. Consequently captions of which those men­ tioned above are examples should not be printed on correspondence written for other clients. Examples of other captions to which the rule applies are the words, “ Coroner for County X ,” or a statement that the solicitor acts for bodies such as the Automobile Associa­ tion, the N.S.P.C.C. or an insurance company. These are merely examples of the kind of 40

International Sales o f Goods T he Council considered a report on a draft uniform law for international sales o f goods sent to the Society for observations by the Department of External Affairs. It was ordered that the draft report should be approved and sent to the Depart­ ment, and that the Secretary in writing should say that the Council approve in principle of the proposal of a draft uniform law. Delays in the Probate Office T he Council considered a report from a Committee on the subject o f the delays in issuing grants of probate and letters of administration. The report stated that there is considerable cause for complaint on account o f the unsatisfactory method o f producing sealed and certified copies of grants of probate and letters of administration for the purpose o f obtaining grants in England. It was ordered that the President and. the Secretary should seek an interview with the Minister for Justice in order to obtain an improvement in the position. O ctober 25TH. The President in the Chair. Also present: Messrs. Niall S. Gaffney, Vice-President; John Carrigan, William J. Norman, Henry St. J. Blake, John R. Halpin, Thomas A. O’Reilly, James R. Quirke, Daniel O’Connell, John J. Dundon, Maurice M. Power, Sean O hUadhaigh, Louis E. O’Dea, Arthur Cox, Reginald J. Nolan, Dermot P. Shaw, Desmond Mayne, Derrick M. Martin, Joseph Barrett, Joseph P. Tyrrell, Desmond R. Counahan, Gerald J . O’Donnell, Ralph J. Walker, James J. O’Connor, Patrick F. O’Reilly, Patrick R. Boyd, John J. Sheil. The following was among the business (ransacted :— Unauthorised Practice by Unqualified Person T he Council considered a report from a Committee o.n a case in which the owner of a cottage held under the Labourers Act, 1936, agreed to sell his interest for a sum of £45. An agreement between the parties, which purported to operate as a con­ veyance o f the vendor’s interest, was prepared by an’ auctioneer, who received the sum of 10/- for his services. At the time when the agreement was signed the vendor was under notice to quit, and the purchaser after entering into the agreement was ejected. It was ordered that the Secretary should institute proceedings against the unqualified person for the penalty prescribed by the Conveyancers (Ireland) Act, 1864.