The Gazette 1952-1955

Vol. 47 No. 1

May, 1953

THE GAZETTE of the INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND

President J ames R. Q uirke

Vice-Presidents J ohn C arrigan J ames J . O’C onnor

Secretary E ric A . P lunkett

FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS

MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL A pril 23rd, 1953. The President in the Chair. Also present: Messrs. John Carrigan and James J. O’Connor, Vice-Presidents; Joseph P. Tyrrell, Maurice M. Power, Francis J. Gearty, Joseph Barrett, John B. Jermyn, Barry M. O’Meara, Francis Lanigan, Ralph J. Walker, Charles Downing, Cornelius J. Daly, Patrick R. Boyd, George G. Overend, Niall S. Gaffney, Desmond J. Mayne, Desmond J. Collins, Arthur Cox, John R. Halpin, Henry St. J. Blake, Reginald J. Nolan, John J. Nash, Peter E. O’Connell, Gerald J. O’Donnell, John Maher, Desmond R. Counahan, John J . Sheil, William J. Norman, Louis E. O’Dea, Thomas A. O’Reilly, Patrick J. Kavanagh. The following was among the business transacted : Arrears o f business in the High Court : The following motion was passed. (1) “ That we the Council o f the Incorporated Law Society view with the most grave concern the present very serious position of arrears and congestion in the High Court List, which has now become a grievous

hardship to litigants throughout the country, and a very substantial impediment to the administration o f Justice, and which we are aware is now becoming rapidly and pro­ gressively worse. (2) “ That we hereby record our strong recom­ mendation to the Government for the immediate appointment o f an additional High Court Judge as an essential remedy for the present situation and as a preventi- tive against its deterioration in the present altered conditions. (3) “ And we further recommend that to provide for the future more efficient administration o f Justice in the High Court the following alterations be put into effect. “ (a) The earlier commencement o f the Michaelmas Sittings. “ (b) The abolition o f the Whitsuntide Vacation. “ (c) The alteration o f the July High Court on Circuit Sittings to Octo­ ber.”