The Gazette 1977

APRIL 1977

GAZETTE

Land Registry, Central Office, Chancery Street, Dublin 7. 15th April 1977.

CORRESPONDENCE

The General Council of the Bar, Four Courts. 12 April 1977

re: Land Registration Rules 1977

Telex in the Law Library

Dear Mr. Ivers, The above Rules (S.I. No. 89 of 1977) were signed by the Rules Committee on 24th February last and the Minister for Justice signified his concurrence on the 25th ultimo. They provide for the raising of the value of the property in which a certificate by the solicitor may be acceptable under Rules 19 and 35 from £20,000 to £25,000 and they substitute a new form of certificate for the existing Form 3. The Rules came into operation on the 1st April. Yours sincerely, N. M. Griffith, Registrar. OBITUARY Mr. Robert A. Osborne died on 17th February 1977. Mr. Osborne was admitted in Hilary Term 1915, and practised as senior partner in Emily Square, Athy, Co. Kildare, under the style of Robert A. Osborne & Son. Mr. Patrick Hoaly died on 3rd February 1977. Mr. Healy was ad- mitted in Michaelmas Term 1945, and practised under the style of Nicholas Healy & Co. in 72, High Street, Kilkenny. Mr. Patrick Glynn, B.A., LL.B. (T.C.D.), died on 23rd February 1977. Mr. Glynn was admitted in Hilary Term 1923, and practised at 22, Nassau Street, Dublin 2. He had been a former Secretary of the Solicitors' Benevolent Association. Mr. Patrick Josaph Roanay died on 25th January 1977. Mr. Rooney was admitted in Trinity Term 1937, and first practised in Belmullet, Co. Mayo. He eventually came to Dublin, where he was an assistant to Messrs Roger Greene & Sons in 11, Wellington Quay, Dublin 2, since 1965. Mr. Maurlca O'Sullivan died on 12th March 1977. Mr. O'Sul- livan was admitted in Easter Term 1941, and practised in Ustowel, Co. Kerry, with branch offices in Abbeyfeale and Glin, Co. Limerick. Mr. Gerald F. O'Flynn died in St. Finbarr's Hospital, Cork, in March 1977. Mr. O'Flynn was admitted in Trinity Term 1931, and was the senior partner of Messrs O'Flynn, Exhams and Partners, 59, South Mall, Cork. Mr. Chrlatophar Gore-Grimes died in Majorca, Spain, on 15th April 1977. Mr. Gore-Grimes was admitted in Michaelmas Term, 1934, and was the senior partner of the firm of Messrs Gore & Grimes, 6 Cavendish Row, Dublin 1. Mr. Gore-Grimes was a founder member of the Irish Association of Civil Liberties. Mr. Thomas A. W. Purafoy died at his residence in Glenageary, Co. Dublin, on 14th April 1977. Mr. Purefoy was admitted in Trinity Term, 1922, and had been solicitor to the Royal Bank, 3-4, Foster Place, Dublin 2, until its amalgamation with Allied Irish Banks.

Dear Mr. Ivers, Following requests from several solicitors' offices, the Bar Council has installed a telex machine in the Law Library. It occurs to me that the following relevant information could be most conveniently disseminated, if the Society thinks fit, through the medium of the Society's Gazette. The telex number is LALI 4845. Due to lack of other accommodation, the apparatus has had to be installed in the main body of the Law Library. Two consequences flow from this: (i) No answering service can be provided. That means that a solicitor may telex the Law Library, but the relevant barrister will not be able to telex a reply. (ii) Messages received will not be private. Messages will be removed regularly and placed on the recipient's desk but may in the meantime be read by other Counsel who may be expecting a telex. Yours sincerely, G. D. Coyle (Secretary) I have, as promised, been looking into the matter raised in your letter of 5 April 1977 regarding the Adjudication Office in the Office of the Revenue Commissioners. I am pleased to tell you that the Revenue Commissioners have already taken steps towards removing the grounds for your complaints. They have assigned additional staff to the Office to cope with the increasing demands and to clear the arrears which have, unfortunately, built up over a period. For my part I am authorising the assignment of still more staff to the area in order to ensure that the work is brought up to date at the earliest possible moment. As to your reference to my efforts to restrain the cost of the public service, I assure you that my policy in this regard takes account at all times of particular situations and it would never be my intention to apply it in such a way that the efficiency of a Department or Office suffered. I am confident that there will be a rapid improvement in the service provided by the Adjudication Office as a result of the steps mentioned above. I will, of course, keep the situation there under review in the months ahead. Yours sincerely, Richie Ryan, Minister for the Public Service. LAW EXAMINATIONS The Education Committee wishes to remind students they will not be allowed to enter for the Second Law Examination until they have completed their First Law Examination. Office of the Minister for the Public Service, Dublin 2 (19 May 1977) re: Adjudication Office Dear Mr. Ivers,

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