The Gazette 1952-1955

THE GAZETTE of the INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND

President A rthur C ox

Vice-Presidents D esmond R. C ounahan ll . d . G erald J . O ’D onnell

Secretary E ric A . P lunkett

FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS

MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL 5TH J une , 1952. The President in the Chair. Also present: Messrs. Desmond R. Counahan, Vice-President, Joseph P. Tyrrell, John Maher, Thomas A. O’Reilly, Sean O hUadhaigh, Patrick R. Boyd, Reginald J. Nolan, James R. Quirke, James J. O’Connor, William J. Norman, John J. Sheil, Ralph J. Walker, John Carrigan, George G. Overend, Joseph Barrett, Dermot P. Shaw, John R. Halpin. The late Mr. Alexander S. Merrick T he Council passed in silence a vote o f sympathy with the relatives o f the late Mr. Alexander S. Merrick, o f 7 Wellington Place, Belfast. Mr. Merrick was admitted in Hilary Sittings, 1902, and from 1943 to the time o f his death was one o f the extraordinary members o f the Council from the Incorporated Law Society o f Northern Ireland. Lecturer in Common Law O n a report from the Court o f Examiners the

Council appointed Mr. Liam D. McGonagle, B.A., as lecturer in Common Law in place o f Mr. J. P. O’Connell, whose term o f office has expired. General Meetings T he Council considered a report from a Com­ mittee which recommended that the present practice of holding ordinary General Aleetings in the months of May and November each year should be dis­ continued and that one meeting should be held yearly in the month o f November. The Council did not adopt the Committee’s report and decided that the present practice o f holding two meetings should be continued. Land Registry Costs T he Council considered a report from a Committee which stated that this matter has already come before the Council in connection with the proposal to apply for an increase in the commission fees on sales o f registered land. The report stated that the necessary submission to the Land Registration Rules Committee had been drafted and approved 9