The Gazette 1949-1952

August, 1950

Vol. 44 No. 4

THE GAZETTE of the INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND

President

Vice-Presidents

Secretary

W illiam J. N orman

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

E ric A. P lunkett .

FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS

MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL J uly 27TH. The President in the Chair. Also present: Messrs. Thomas A. O’Reilly, Dermot P. Shaw, Francis J. Gearty, John J. Bolger, Henry St. J. Blake, John R. Halpin, Derrick M. Martin, William S. Hayes, George A. Overend, James R. Quirke, Daniel O’ Connell, Louis E . O ’Dea, Sean O hUadhaigh, Reginald J. Nolan, Gerald J. O’Donnell, Patrick R. Boyd, James J. O’Connor, Desmond R. Counahan, John Carrigan, John J. Nash, Desmond Mayne, Arthur Cox, Joseph P. Tyrrell, Patrick F. O’Reilly, Roger Greene, J. Travers Wolfe. The following was among the business trans­ acted :— Applications under Sections 16 and 18 O n reports from the Court o f Examiners on an application by a law clerk for leave to be bound for three years only, under Section 16 and for exemption

from the Preliminary Examination under Section 18, it was decided to grant the application under Section 16 and not to oppose the application to the chief Justice under Section 18. Another application by an intending apprentice under Section 18 was considered. It was decided to oppose the application. Assistant in the Chief State Solicitor’s Office T he Council considered a report from a Committee on the terms o f an advertisement inviting appli­ cations-from solicitors for the position of Assistant Solicitor in the office o f the Chief State Solicitor. The Secretary was directed to write to the Minister for Finance referring to the memorandum submitted by the Society on 10th January last and to the reply from the Department dated February 10th, and to say that the matter was still under consideration by the Council and that further representations would be submitted, and that the Council consider the salary now offered for the position now vacant inadequate. 19