The Gazette 1958-61

Solicitor's Retaining Lien A member who held a client's title deeds pursuant to a lien for undischarged costs handed them to another solicitor then acting for the client " subject to and without prejudice to my lien for costs." Member furnished a bill of costs, the client denied liability and refused to sign a requisition to tax. Member took no further action. The Council were asked for an opinion as to whether member lost his lien by parting with the deeds and replied that member did not lose his lien as the other solicitor undertook to hold them subject to the lien and that the solicitor to whom the deeds were given should return them on demand. On a further question submitted the Council stated that in their opinion a solicitor who receives a mortgagor's title deeds from a mortgagee is entitled to retain them under his lien as against the mortgagee until the mortgagee discharges any costs due by him but is not entitled to retain the deeds against the mortgagor if the latter seeks to redeem, assuming that the mortgagor and the mortgagee were separ ately represented on the execution of the mortgage. See Barratt v. Gough-Thomas and others (61 T.L.R. 534)- Society's Annual Dinner Dance It was decided to hold the dinner dance in the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin, on November z6th. Government Publications Statutes of Limitations Bill, 1954 (zs. 6d.), postage zd. Administration of Estates Bill, 1957, with explanatory memorandum—(is.) postage zd. On Sale at the Government Publications Sales Office, G.P.O. Arcade, Dublin. ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING A general meeting of the Society was held at the International Hotel, Killarney, on Saturday, Z3rd May, 1959. The President, Mr. John R. Halpin took the chair. The notice convening the meeting was by permission taken as read. The minutes of the Ordinary General Meeting held on zoth November, 1958, were read, confirmed and signed by the chairman. Mr. Gerald Baily, the President of the Co. Kerry Law Society, welcoming the meeting to Killarney, said :

Ladies and Gentlemen, As President of the County Kerry Law Society, I have, on behalf of my colleagues in that Society, and indeed on behalf of the people of Kerry, to welcome you here. Much honour has been done to our County in that it has been selected as the venue for the first General Meeting of The Incorporated Law Society ever to be held outside Dublin. I think it right to express appreciation on behalf of the country practitioners of the way in which the Council of The Incorporated Law Society, and the Secretary Mr. Plunkett, reacted to the suggestion that a General Meeting be held down the country. It was plain that it would cause inconvenience to many, and would involve for Mr. Plunkett a very great deal of extra work. Yet the suggestion was taken up gladly and everything that was humanly possible has been done to make it a success. Mr. Plunkett has, I know, put in a tremendous amount of work in arranging the Meeting and the social function to follow. I believe it to be a good thing in very many ways that Meetings of the Incorporated Law Society should be held at country venues. \X7hen I was a young solicitor I regarded the Council of the Incorporated Law Society as a remote and soulless Corporation, incapable of appreciating the trials and tribulations of a young practitioner, particularly a country one. Holding local meetings would help to dispel any such ideas. It will also, in the course of time, provide a forum in which country members may voice their views under an atmosphere familiar to them, and at a convenient place. As time went on, I came to appreciate what the Incorporated Law Society had done to the profession. I think it proper that I should pay tribute par ticularly to the work that has been done by the Council of the Incorporated Law Society. Each •year when I see the attendances at Council Meetings of the Society it amazes me the amount of time given voluntarily by members of the Council, all of whom are men at the top of the profession with very much business of their own to attend to; special tribute is due to the country members who have to bear the expense and inconvenience of travelling to Dublin for meetings. All this has been done for the purpose of upholding and maintaining the status and honour of the profession. The Incorporated Law Society has frequently advised the formation of local Bar Associations. I am very glad to say that our Society here in Kerry since it was revived in 1939, has been of great help to local practitioners. There are thirty-one solicitors in Kerry, and every one of them is a member of the Kerry Law Society. It has improved