The Gazette 1952-1955

solicitors, submitted to the solicitors for the tenant, engrossed on the agreement and counterpart, and was duly executed and stamped. A dispute having arisen as to the tenant’s liability for the costs, the matter was submitted for the arbitration o f the Council who decided that the tenant was liable to pay them. Joint Committee with the Bar Council I t was decided to ask to have a meeting o f the Joint Committee convened, in order to discuss the question o f interviews by Counsel with unqualified repre­ sentatives o f Insurance Companies and Insurance Brokers without solicitors. Irish Land Commission delays T he Secretary reported that following represen­ tations made to the Secretary o f the Land Com­ mission on the subject o f delays he had received a letter stating that the normal time taken to deal with applications for consent to subdivision for building purposes and applications for the issue o f copies o f official documents had been about two to three weeks but that urgent cases had been dealt with in a shorter time. As regards the copying o f official documents the time recently taken has been some­ what longer owing to a break-down in copying apparatus, but every effort is being made to deal with the situation and urgent cases are being specially expedited. Courts o f Justice Bill 1953 T he Bill was referred to the Legislation and Priv­ ileges Committee with power to act without further reference to the Council. SOCIETY’S DINNER T he success of the Charter Centenary Dinner held in May 1952, which was attended by over 350 members and guests o f the Society, prompted the Council to investigate the possibility of holding an annual Dinner for members o f the Society. The Council have decided to proceed with the project as an experiment and the Dinner will be held at the Royal Hibernian Hotel, Dublin on 26th November next, the date o f the Ordinary General Meeting. The charge to include wines served with the meal will be 30/- per head. Forms of application for tickets will be sent out to members before October next. The room will not hold more than 220 and members who wish to obtain tickets are advised to complete and return applic­ ations with remittances without any unnecessary 20

“ Solicitor for Minors, County . . . . ” A C ircuit Judge appointed a solicitor practising in his Circuit to look after minor matters in the Circuit Court in his County, his duty being to examine each application and to satisfy the Court as to whether it was in the interests of the minors that various applications should be allowed. The Council decided that it would be unprofessional for the solicitor in question to use the description “ Solicitors for Minors, County............... ” on hL general office notepaper. Valuation Office T he : Secretary stated that following representations made to the Estate Duty Office, a letter had been received from that Office stating that delays of periods up to 5 months occur in the Valuation Office in valuing property for the purpose of death duties. It was ordered that the Secretary should ask the Controller o f Death Duties to take the matter up with the Valuation Office with a view to obtain­ ing an improvement in the position. Registry o f Deeds Memorials T h e Secretary stated that an enquiry had been made to the Registrar of Deeds as to whether it would be possible to dispence with the requirement that memorials for registration should be written in manuscript on parchment and whether typewritten memorials on parchment substitute or some other durable material could be substituted. The Registrar had replied stating that the practice in the Registry o f Deeds is at present under review and that con­ sideration is being given to the question o f sub­ stituting for the present parchment memorial a memorial in the form o f a tabular abstract, typed on suitable paper, which would be more easily prepared and more convenient both for solicitors and for the Registry Officials. Consideration was also being given to the matter o f loose-leaf Indices classified by counties and arranged in alphabetical form o f the grantors’ names. Any alterations in the present practice would require statutory auth­ ority. It was ordered that the Secretary should reply asking that the proposals should be submitted to the Society for consideration before adoption. Creation o f new tenancy by endorsement. Incidence o f Costs. B y agreement dated June 26th 1945 AB let certain premises to CD for one year and thereafter from month to month at a monthly rent. In 1952 following alterations to the premises the rent was increased and became payable weekly instead o f monthly. An endorsement was prepared by the landlord’s