The Gazette 1914-15

The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

68

[DECEMBER, 1914

Hour of Sitting of Courts on Days of Judges and Benchers Meetings. THE following correspondence has taken place on the above subject :— The Incorporated Law Society of Ireland, Solicitors' Buildings, Four Courts, Dublin, 29th July, 1914. DEAR SIR, The Council of this Society desire to draw the attention of the Lord Chancellor and Judges to the inconvenience and loss of time which arises upon the first day of Sittings, and upon other clays when there are meetings of the Judges or Benchers, owing to the uncertainty of the hour at which the several Courts will sit on such days. The Council would suggest that there should be an announcement in the Legal Diary on the first day of Sittings, and on any other day during Sittings upon which there is a meeting of Benchers or Judges before the Courts sit, stating an hour for each Court before which such Court would not sit upon such day. I remain, Faithfully yours, (Signed), W. G. WAKELY, Secretary. J. N. Lentaigne, Esq., Hanaper Office, Four Courts, Dublin. Lord Chancellor's Secretary's Office, Four Courts, Dublin, ±th November, 1914. DEAR SIR, I have laid before a meeting of the Lord Chancellor and Judges your letter of the 29th July last, by which the Council of the Law Society draw attention to an incon venience which is stated to be caused by the uncertainty of the hour at which the Courts respectively sit on days when meetings of Judges or Benchers are held before the sitting of the Court, and whilst noting the suggestions contained in the last paragraph of your letter, their Lordships desire me to point out that the fixing of the hour at which each Court will sit, rests with the particular Judge or Judges about to sit in that Court, and not with the general body of the Judges.

Owing to the nature of the business to be brought before the Judges on those occasions it is very difficult for an individual Judge to determine beforehand how long any particular meeting may take, as sometimes matters that are expected to be short take time, whilst others which are expected to last for a time are more quickly disposed of, and it might happen in the latter event that a Judge would be free to proceed with the business of his Court but would be prevented from doing so by reason of having fixed a later hour, which is a matter that the Judges are always anxious to avoid. Yours faithfully, (Signed), J. NUGENT LENTAIGNE. W. G. Wakely, Esq., Secretary, Incorporated Law Society. Recent Decisions affecting Solicitors. (Notes of decisions, whether in reported or unreported cases, of interest to Solicitors, are invited from Members.) KING'S BENCH DIVISION (ENGLAND). (Before Coleridge and Shearman, J.J.: Wakefield v. Duckworth and another. October 28, 1914.— Solicitors—Order on behalf of client—Photographs—Action for price. THE plaintiff, who was a photographer, was instructed by a Solicitor, a member of the defendant firm, to take certain photographs in connection with a charge, in which the defendants were acting for the accused. When the photographs were ordered the plaintiff knew that the defendants were Solicitors and that the photographs were wanted for the trial. In giving the order the Solicitor requested the plaintiff to make the charges low, as the accused was a poor man. In an action by the plaintiff against the defendants for the price of the photographs, Held, that the Solicitors were not liable. The question to what extent Solicitors are agents for their clients was raised in this appeal from a decision of the Judge of the Brentford County Court.