The Gazette 1946-49

LAND REGISTRY COSTS OF TRANS- FERS OTHERWISE THAN ON SALE The Council have requested the Rule-making Committee for the Land Registry to consider the existing position under the Schedule of costs annexed to the Land Registry Rules, 1937, which limits the costs chargeable for drawing up settle– ments and similar documents to the fixed charges specified in the Schedule where the value of the lands does not exceed £1,000. The maximum costs chargeable in such cases are £7, and in the opinion of the Council the scale is inadequate. It has been suggested by the Council that the solicitor should have the option of charging the remuneration, prescribed by clause 2 (c) of the Solicitors Remunera– tion Order, 1884, irrespective of the value of the lands. It is understood that the matter will be considered by the Rules Committee. CALENDAR & LAW DIRECTORY 1947 Owing to difficulties in the printing trade it is probable that publication of the Calendar this year may be delayed. Last year it was on sale on February 6th, but the circumstances referred to may delay publication for some weeks. In the meantime, members who wish to obtain copies are asked to complete and return order forms with remittance, 5 /- (post free 5/6) immediately, to avoid disappointment. Decisions of Interest to the Profession Notice to Quit—Monthly and Weekly Tenancies IN Skelly v. Thompson (45 I.L.T.R. 138) it was decided by the High Court in Ireland, on appeal from the County Court Judge, that in order to determine a weekly tenancy of a non-agricultural holding the notice to quit was sufficient if it was reasonable notice, and that such notice if sufficient in other respects might be given to expire on any day of the week and not necessarily on the gale day. The facts in that case were that the tenancy com– menced on a Saturday, which was admitted to be the gale day, and the notice to quit was served on Thursday, January i2th, to expire on Friday, January 20th. The decision in Skelly v. Thompson was followed in Simmons v. Crossley (1922, 2 K.B. 95) in which it was held that in the case of a monthly tenancy a notice to quit which expired on a day other than the last day of a month calculated from the commencement of the tenancy was good. The earlier decisions referred to above were disapproved 47

aforesaid prior to the date hereof shall pay to the Incorporated Law Society the fees specified in the Schedule hereto. And it is further ordered that any person applying to the Society for permission to give late notice of intention to attend any examination shall lodge with such application a fee of two guineas payable to the Society in addition to the fee prescribed for such examination Provided that the Council of the Society shall have discretion for special cause shown to their satisfaction to direct that the whole or any specified part of such additional fee shall be returned to the applicant.

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i . ON lodgment of petition for leave to be bound as an apprentice to a solicitor ... ... ... ... 2. On application for permission to 3. On each application for permission to attend any First examination in Irish after the first ... ... 4. On each application for permission to attend any Preliminary examination after the first ... indentures of apprenticeship by the Registrar ... 6. On application for permission to attend the Intermediate examina– tion... ... ... ... ... 7. On each application to attend any Intermediate examination after the first ... ... ... ... 8. On application for permission to attend the Second examination in Irish ... ... ... ... 9. On each application for permission to attend any Second examination in Irish after the first ... ... 10. On application for permission to attend the Final examination ... 11. On each application for permission to attend any Final examination after the first ... ... ... 12. On each application for permission to attend a course of lectures ... 13. On entry of name on Roll of Solicitors ... ... ... ... Dated this 2nd day of December, 1946. (Signed) CONCUBHAIR A. MAGUIDHIR, 5. On the entry of

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SE6RSA GABHANACH 0 DUBHTHAIGH, JAMES A. MURNAGHAN, DANIEL O'CONNELL.