The Gazette 1949-1952

Vol. 43 No. 1

May, 1949

THE GAZETTE of the INCORPORATED LAW SOC IETY OF IRELAND

President P atrick R. B oyd

Vice-Presidents J oseph T yrrell J oseph B arrett

Secretary E ric A. P lunkett .

FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS

MEETING OF THE COUNCIL A pril 28 th . The President in the Chair: also present: Messrs. Joseph Barrett, V .P .; Joseph P. Tyrrell, Henry St. J. Blake, Dermot P. Shaw, Reginald J. Nolan, William L. Duggan, J. D. O’Connell, William J. Norman, Gerald J. O’Donnell, Henry P. Mayne, J. Travers Wolfe, G. A. Overend, James R. Quirke, Daniel O’Connell, John P. Carrigan, Alex. S. Merrick, Niall S. Gaffney, Thomas A. O’Reilly, Jouis E. O’Dea, Arthur Cox, William S. Huggard, Patrick F. O’Reilly, Sean O’hUadhaigh, Roger Greene, John J. Dunne. The following was among the business trans­ acted :— Jurisdiction o f the District Court A C ommittee which had considered the replies from the bar associations to a circular sent out by the Secretary, reported that the majority o f the associations which had replied were in favour of legislation to increase the jurisdiction o f the District Court. The Committee reported that the limit of jurisdiction in cases o f contact should be increased

t0 £j°> in cases o f tort to £25, and in cases of eject­ ment for nonpayment o f rent to £53. It was further reported that legislation should be sought to enable a decree o f the District Court to be enrolled for the purposes o f judgment mortgage, garnishee, and other remedies which are not at present avail­ able, owing to the fact that the District Court is not a court o f record. The report o f the committee was adopted, and the Secretary was directed to write to the Department o f Justice. Purchase o f Property for a Mental Home A solicitor was instructed by a County Manager to attend at an auction to bid for the purchase of premises required for a mental hospital. The authority o f the County Manager to purchase the premises was derived from Section 51 o f the Mental Treatment Act, 1945. Section 52 o f the Act in­ corporates the provisions of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Acts. The solicitor attended at the auction, and bid in accordance with his instructions, and at negotiations after the auction, purchased the premises on behalf of the County Manager for £13,000, paying the deposit out o f his own pocket. I