The Gazette 1958-61

friends impossible to replace. He was outstanding as a man and as a lawyer in the high qualities of his character. His name was a synonym not only for integrity but also for personal courage. In the hard years he never hesitated in taking a stand on his principles and for these he was always prepared to jeopardize himself and his career. He never sough advancement for himself. He never spared himself in the causes which he thought right. Among the many tributes paid to him since his death not the least has been the recognition by the Gaelic League of the lifelong devotion to the language. The yearly scholarship now founded by the League in his name will keep his memory alive for generations of students. If he had been asked to choose a memorial he would certainly have wished this above all others. The profession, the Society and the Council will for ever be in his debt. His service to it went far beyond even the brilliant discharge of his duties when President and the ordinary work of the Council for very many years. Whatever difficulty arose, he was always the first to help. His colleagues mourn him, but will always remember him with pride. May the eternal light shine upon him. A.C. MR. Alexander A. Campbell, Solicitor, died on the 24th August, 1958. Mr. Campbell served his apprenticeship with the late Mr. William Harper, 84 Donegall Street, Belfast, was admitted in Trinity Sittings, 1896 and practised at 4 Waring Street, Belfast up to his retirement in 1948. Mr. Charles Thorn, Solicitor, died on the 29th October, 1958. Mr. Thom served his apprenticeship with Mr. William H. Carson, 41 Royal Avenue, Belfast, was admitted in Hilary Sittings, 1909, and practised as partner in the firm of Messrs. Carson, Bailie, Johns- ton & Thom, 41-51 Royal Avenue, Belfast. District Justice Fintan Fitzpatrick died on the 9th January, 1959 at a Dublin hospital. Justice Fitzpatrick served his apprenticeship with the late Mr. Daniel O'C. Miley, 60 Upper Sackville Street, Dublin, was admitted in Hilary Sittings, 1911, and practised at 10, Nassau Street, Dublin up to his being called to the Bar in 1922, 88

Mrs. Justice Donovan, agreeing, referred to the very proper and generous attitude of the committee now that the full facts had been brought out. (In Re A Solicitor, The Times, January 15, 1959.) Gifts by Solicitor recoveredfor creditors of Estate. Mr. Justice Danckwerts, sitting in bankruptcy, approved a compromise between the trustee in bank ruptcy of the late Mr. Robert Nathaniel Eichholz, solicitor, who died in 1957, and Mrs. Beryl Clare Jago, of Greenhill Farmhouse, Otham, Kent, under which Mrs. Jago surrendered to the trustee for the benefit of creditors property worth some £30,000 which had been given to her by the deceased. Mr. Pearlman said that he was exercising his right of audience as a solicitor before his Lordship, and that this was another matter relating to the late Mr. Eichholz which had not been previously before the Court. Between 1948 and his death in 1957 the deceased paid Mrs. Jago over £85,000 in cash, without any consideration, and also gave her furs, jewellery, ob jects of art of considerable value, and securities. The trustee had started proceedings on December 18, 1958, and the Official Solicitor was appointed receiver. On January 13 an order was made in chambers ordering her to hand over to him assets worth some £30,000. The deceased treated Mrs. Jago as if she were his adopted daughter, although she was never legally adopted. She had stated in her private examination that she regarded the deceased as a father and that he had considered himself in loco parentis; she had been completely frank in all the answers that she gave. Under the terms of the order she admitted that the securities and property were conveyed to her by the deceased with intent to defraud the creditors, and that she was under an obligation to transfer them to the trustee, and that if she discovered the existence of any other property acquired by her from moneys provided by the deceased she would inform the trustee and do all acts in her power reasonably neces sary to assist him to obtain possession thereof. His Lordship : It seems to me that she has acted very fairly and very much to her credit. I approve of the terms of the compromise; it seems very satisfactory. (In Re Eichholz, Deceased. The Times, February 17, I 959-) OBITUARY SEAN 6 hllADHAiGH. THE death of Scan (3 hUadhaigh on zist January leaves a gap in the legal profession which it will indeed be hard to fill and a loss to his innumerable