The Gazette 1952-1955

Vol. 4 6 Nos. 3 and 4

July and August, 1952

THE GAZETTE of the INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND

President A rthur C ox

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

Secretary E ric A . P lunkett

FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS

The Council regret the unavoidable delay, due to the recent strike in the printing trade, in publishing the Ju ly and August numbers o f the G azette , now . issued together. MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL J uly 3RD, 1952. The President in the Chair. Also present: Messrs. Desmond R. Counahan and Gerald J. O’Donnell, Vice-Presidents; Desmond Mayne, William J. Norman, Thomas A . O’Reilly, Joseph Barrett, Dermot P. Shaw, Joseph P. Tyrrell Maurice M. Power, Christopher Callan, Sean 6 hUadhaigh, James R. Quirke, Reginald J . Nolan, Derrick M. Martin, Ralph J . Walker, Patrick R. Boyd, John R. Halpin, James J. O ’Connor, John J. Sheil, John B. McCann, Niall S. Gaffney, Francis J. Lanigan, John L. Kealy, Louis E . O’Dea, John F. Foley, John Maher, Senator O ’Reilly, John Carrigan, Henry J. Catchpole, George G. Overend, John J. Nash, Corneilus J. Daly. The following was among the business trans­ acted :—

Solicitors’ Bill T he Council considered a report from the deputa­ tion which was received by the Secretary and officials o f the Department o f Justice since the last meeting o f the Council. The report stated that the deputation had discussed with the officials the proposals o f the Department o f Finance on the subject o f the stamp duties paid by solicitors and apprentices and the general provisions o f the Bill, and that it was hoped that a further conference’ would take place at an early date. Examination Results T he Council considered and adopted a report from the Court o f Examiners on the results o f the Inter­ mediate Examination held on the 19th and 20th days o f May, 1952. 24'TH J uly , 1952. The President in the Chair. Also present: Desmond R. Counahan and Gerald J. O’Donnell, Vice-Presidents; Messrs. Louis E. O’Dea, Niall S. Gaffney, Christopher Callan, John F. Foley, John Maher, Francis J. Gearty, Ralph J.