The Gazette 1949-1952

May, 1950

Vol. 44 No. 1

THE GAZETTE of the INCORPORATED LAW SOC IETY OF IR ELAND

Secretary E ric A. P lunkett .

Vice-Presidents T homas A. O ’R eilly D ermot P. S haw

President W illiam J. N orman

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FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS

insuring solicitors against claims for negligence on the lines o f the scheme operated by the Medical Defence Union.” The matter was referred to a Committee for consideration and report. Section 15 (1) o f the Small Dwellings (Acquis­ ition) Act, 1899 T he Council considered a report from a Committee on a letter from the County Clare Law Association suggesting that Section 15 (1) of the Small Dwell­ ings (Acquisition) Act, 1899, ought to be repealed. The section prescribes that an application for first registration in the Land Registry must be made in any case where the title of the land is . not already registered at the date of the advance. There have been cases in which a holding in respect of which an advance is sought was situate upon an estate which has not been vested in the tenant. In such cases the local authorities are not entitled to make any advance under the Small Dwellings (Acquisition) Act until the estate has been vested by the Land Commission, which may take years. 1

MEETING OF THE COUNCIL A pril 27TH. The President in the Chair. Also present: Messrs. T. A. O’Reilly and Dermot P. Shaw, Vice-Presidents ; Messrs. William S. Elayes, Derrick M. Martin, Desmond J . Mayne, James R. Quirke, Niall S. Gaffney, Daniel O’Connell, Roger Greene, William S. Huggard, Ralph Neilson, Patrick F. O’ Reilly, Arthur Cox, G. J. O’Donnell, Elenry St. J. Blake, John D. O’Connell, William L. Duggan, Louis E. O’Dea, Joseph Barrett, John J. Nash, James J. O’Connor, Patrick R. Boyd. The President welcomed Mr. Ralph Neilson, President of the Incorporated Law Society of Northern Ireland, who was present. The following was among the business trans­ acted :— Insurance against Negligence T he Council considered the following motion: “ That the Council should consider the advisability of setting up a defence union for the purpose of