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and the issuing o f the cheque by that Depart­ ment, it is agreed that, in any case in which the vendor is unwilling to hand over the title deeds without an assurance that he will receive the cheque immediately, the parties will be at liberty to delay completion until it has been ascertained by inquiry at the Corporation that the requirements' o f the various depart­ ments have been satisfied, and that the cheque is ready for issue. 5. In any case in which the Law Agent is required to register the lease or conveyance, a sum of 10/6 will be added to the costs payable to the Corporation. RENT RESTRICTIONS (AMEND­ MENT) ACT, 1949 . T he attention of solicitors is drawn to the provisions o f the above Act, which imposes certain limitations on the lawful additions to the basic rent in the cases mentioned in paragraph (9) o f Subsection (a) of Section 1 1 , or paragraph ( e) of Subsection (2) of Section 17 o f the Rent Restrictions Act, 1946. The Act further provides for the recovery o f any amount paid on account o f rent which accrued due after the date o f the passing o f the Act and which is not one of the lawful additions to the rent under the relevant provisions of the Rent Restrictions Act, 1946, as amended. EMPLOYMENT REGULATION ORDER (LAW CLERKS JOINT LABOUR COMMITTEE) 1949 . T he Labour Court has published a new Employ­ ment Regulation Order (S. I. No. 265 of 1949) consolidating the provisions of the previous ordersj which have all been revoked, and prescribing minimum rates of remuneration for female general law clerks and book-keepers (female) who were not included in the previous orders. Book-keepers (female) are now included in the scale for shorthand typists and typists. The order may be purchased at the Government Publications Office, College Street, Dublin, price 3d. THE INCORPORATED LAW

recent alteration in the practice as the result of which motions on notice are now heard before ex parte applications. It has been pointed out that the former practice, which has existed for over 25 years, by which ex parte applications are taken first in the list, is in accordance with the order of business in every other court, and that the change in this practice has resulted in inconvenience to solicitors and their clients. The Council’s represen­ tations are under consideration. DUBLIN CORPORATION—LOANS UNDER THE SMALL DWELLINGS ACQUISITION ACTS. T he Council have recently considered representa­ tions from the profession as to the procedure on the completion of a purchase in which part of the purchase money is advanced by the Dublin Cor­ poration under the Small Dwellings Acquisition Acts. For some time the practice o f the Corporation has been to require the lease or conveyance from the vendor to the purchaser to be stamped, and registered in the Registry o f Deeds, before it is delivered to the Law Agent o f the Corporation in exchange for a direction to the Finance Department o f the Corporation to pay over the amount o f the advance to the vendor’s solicitor. The objection to this practice is that the vendor parts with the title deeds, and with the legal estate before receiving, the purchase money, and accepts the risk that his title to the purchase money may be defeated by a sub­ sequent act of bankruptcy, or by the registration of a judgment mortgage against the purchaser. The Law Agent to the Corporation has now agreed that in any case in which the vendor’s solicitor desires, the following procedure may be adopted :—• 1. The lease or conveyance and memorial shall be delivered to the Law Agent already com­ pared by the officials of the Registry o f Deeds, with all registry fees paid, and ready for registration, but not registered. 2. The mortgage and memorial shall, at the same time, be handed to the Law Agent, duly executed. 3. In consideration o f the documents mentioned at 1. and 2. the Law Agent will deliver to the vendor’s solicitor a direction to the Finance Department o f the Corporation to issue a cheque for the amount of the advance. The registration o f the lease or conveyance to the purchaser will be effected by the Law Agent. 4. As some delay may occur between the issuing o f the direction to the Finance Department

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