The Gazette 1952-1955

directed to reply that the Council would not approve o f the publication o f such notice.

The Council expressed the opinion that apart from cases in which either, (i) a sum is placed on deposit receipt in a solicitor’s name for a specified client. (ii) clients’ moneys are improperly or unduly retained, a solicitor is not accountable to clients for interest earned or allowed on a floating balance o f clients’ moneys in his bank account. Joint Consultative Committee with the Bar Council. T h e following members o f the Council were nominated to the Joint Consultative Committee:— Desmond J . Collins; James J. O’Connor; George G. Overend. 8 th J anuary : The President in the Chair. Also present, Messrs. John Carrigan and James J. O’Connor, Vice-Presidents; Desmond R. Counahan, Francis J . Gearty, Peter E. O’ Connell, John Maher, John J. Nash, William J. Norman, Francis Lanigan, Thomas A. O’Reilly, Joseph Barrett, Patrick R. Boyd, Ralph J. Walker, George G. Overend, Desmond J. Collins, John R. Halpin, Derrick M. Martin, Desmond Mayne, John J. Sheil, Cornelius J. Daly, Arthur Cox, Patrick F. O’Reilly. The following was among the business trans­ acted :— Courts o f Justice Bill, 1952. T he Council considered replies to a circular sent to the Bar Associations for their observations on the Bill and decided to submit a Memorandum to the Department o f Justice. The memorandum w ill be printed in the next issue o f the Society’s G azette . Circuit Court Rules. R eplies from Bar Associations to a circular asking for observations on the workings o f the Rules were

Estate Duty Office. T he Secretary reported that he had received letters from several members stating that, in cases in which there had been delay by them in lodging accounts required by the Estate Duty Office, notice had been sent by the Office to the personal representatives that in default o f lodgement o f the accounts they would be liable to proceedings which might involve imprisonment. He said that he had taken the matter up with the head o f the Office who had agreed that such letters should not be written and that in future before writing direct to an accountable party for whom a solicitor was known to be acting the Estate Duty Office would write to the solicitor notifying him o f the nature o f the proposed communication to the client. Society’s Calendar and Law Directory . T he Dublin Solicitors’ Association proposed that the list o f solicitors on the Register printed in the Society’s Calendar and Law Directory should indicate by an appropriate mark those solicitors who are members of a local Bar Association. It was decided to adopt this suggestion in the 1954 edition o f the Calendar subject to obtaining from the Hon. Secretaries of local Bar Associations alphabetical fists o f the names and addresses o f their members. Formation o f Limited Company by an Accountant. A m e m b e r reported that he had been asked to draw up an assignment o f property to a Company about to be formed for his clients by a firm o f accountants. The Secretary stated that he had sent to the member a copy of the agreement recently reached with the principal Accountancy bodies. It was decided to refer the matter to the Southern Law Association which the Society’s correspondent a is member. Overend and Findlater Scholarships. O n a report from the Court o f Examiners it was decided that the minimum standard for the award o f the Overend Scholarships at the Preliminary and Final Examinations and the Findlater Scholarship at the Final Examination should be over 75 per cent, of the total marks obtainable by candidates in the subjects on which the Scholarships are awarded.

considered and referred to a Committee. District Court Rules Committee.

S enator P atrick F. O ’R e il ly was re-appointed as the Society’s representative on the District Court

Rules Committee. Branch Office.

A m e m b e r enquired whether it was permissible to publish in the local newspapers notice o f his inten­ tion to open a branch office. The Secretary was