The Gazette 1952-1955

Vol. 46 No.. 5

THE GAZETTE of the INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND

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

Secretary E ric A . P lunkett

President A rthur C ox

FO R C IR C U L A T IO N A M O N G M E M B E R S

MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL ] th O ctober , 1952. The President in the Chair. Also present: Messrs. Gerald J. O’Donnell, Vice- President ; Francis j . Gearty, Cornelius Daly, Maurice M. Power, Cuthbert J. Furlong, John Maher, Joseph Tyrrell, William J. Norman, Ralph J. Walker, John R. Halpin, George G. Overend, Reginald J. Nolan, Desmond J. Mayne, James J. O’Connor, Derrick M. Martin, Dermot P. Shaw, John J. Sheil, John B. McCann, Henry J. Catchpole, Francis J. Lanigan, Niall S. Gaffney, John Carrigan, Louis E. O ’Dea, James R. Quirke, Elenry St. J. Blake, John J. Nash, Thomas A. O’Reilly, Patrick F. O’Reilly. The following was among the business trans­ acted :— Costs o f conveyancing. Registered Land T h e deputation from the Council to the Land Registration Rules’ Committee reported that two meetings of the Committee had been held to

consider the Society’s application for increases in the costs. The principal points were :— (a) that the commission scale fee should be a flat rate o f 4% on sales and transfers where there is a full investigation o f title leading . to the discharge o f the equity note ; ( b ) that the commission scale fee in cases where there is no investigation of title outside the register should be a flat rate o f 3% ; (c) that the costs o f a voluntary transfer or settlement should be an amount equal to the rateable valuation o f the property. ( d) that the item charges should be increased by 55% over pre-war in substitution for the increase o f 33^% now in operation; (1 e ) that Rule 1 1 , Schedule, Part 1 S.R.G.O., 1884 should be rescinded in its application to registered land;