The Gazette 1952-1955

May, 1952

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 ijt h M ay , 1952. The President in the Chair. Also present: Messrs. Desmond R. Counahan and Gerald J. O’Donnell, Vice-Presidents, Reginald J. Nolan, John R. Halpin, Derrick M. Martin, James J. O’Connor, John A. Dundon, John J. Nash, John L. Kealy, William J. Norman, Joseph Barrett, Francis J. Gearty, Patrick R. Boyd, John J. Sheil, Henry St. J. Blake, James R. Quirke, Desmond J. Mayne, George G. Overend, John Carrigan, Dermot P. Shaw, Cornelius J. Daly, Louis E . O ’Dea, John Maher, Thomas A . O’Reilly, Patrick F. O ’Reilly. The following was among the business trans­ acted :— Charges for Arbitrations in the Council Chamber O n a report from the Finance Committee it was decided to reduce the charges for arbitration in the Council Chamber. A note o f the revised charges appears in this issue o f the G azette .

Agency between English and Irish Solicitors O n a report from a Committee the Council con­ sidered a letter from the Law Society, London, referring to Rule 3 of the English Solicitors’ Practice Rules, 1936, by which it is provided that an English solicitor “ shall not agree to share with any person not being a solicitor or other duly qualified legal agent practising in the United Kingdom o f Great Britain, Northern Ireland and India, or any other British dominion, colony, or dependency, his profit costs in respect o f any business either contentious or non-contentious.” Enquiries were received by the English Law Society from their members as to whether the sharing o f profit costs with solicitors practising in the Republic o f Ireland is permissible under Rule 3. The English Law Society asked for the observations o f this Society on the matter. On a report from a Committee the Council decided to reply to the English Law Society suggesting that the provisions of Rule 3 o f the English Solicitors’ Practice Rules, 1936, should be amended so as to enable English solicitors and Irish solicitors to allow to each other the usual agency commission as heretofore. 1