The Gazette 1958-61

Vol. 53 No, 8

FEBRUARY, 1960

THE GAZETTE

of the

INCORPORATED President JOHN J. NASH

LAW

SOCIETY

OF

IRELAND Secretary ERIC A. PLUNKETT

Vice-Presidents RALPH J. WALKER PETER E. O'CONNEL

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FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS

MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL February nth : The President in the Chair. Also present, Messrs. Dinnen Gilmore, George G. Overend, James R. Green, James J. O'Connor, Gerald Y. Goldberg, George A. Nolan, Arthur Cox, Desmond J. Collins, Niall S. Gaffney, John R. Halpin, Frank Armstrong, Francis J. Lanigan, John Maher, Augustus Cullen, Robert McD. Taylor, Eunan McCarron, Charles J. Downing, Reginald J. Nolan, James R. Quirke, William J. Comet-ford, James W. O'Donovan, Brendan A. McGrath, Peter E. O'Connell, Patrick Noonan, Thomas V. O'Connor, John J. Sheil, John Carrigan, John Kelly, Terence De Vere White. The following was among the business transacted. Legal Textbooks A report from the Publications Committee on replies received to the advertisements recently published inviting offers for the publication of suitable books was considered. The report recom mended that the Council should immediately pursue the project for the publication of books which would be suitable both for practitioners and students on registration of title and the general law of landlord

and tenant. It was decided to pursue the matter with the Incorporated Society of Law Reporting and the suggested authors and with'the Department of Justice. Law Clerks Joint Labour Committee The Secretary reported that the committee has made proposals to the Labour Court for an increase of 8% on existing statutory wage rates with a minimum of io/- weekly at the top of the scale. An application for statutory annual holidays of three consecutive weeks was refused. It was decided that representations should be made on behalf of the Society to the Joint Labour Committee against the proposed increases. Statutory Notice to Creditors The Council considered a report from a committee on the question whether the State is or should be bound by the statutory notice to creditors published by the personal representatives in accordance with the Real Property Limitation Act, 1859. The Secretary stated that he had ascertained that the relevant provisions of this statue have been replaced by section 27 of the English Trustee Act, 1925 and