The Gazette 1907-8

[APRIL, 1908

The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

101

THE Council met upon Wednesday, the 2j;th March, 1908, the President (Mr. Lyster) in the Chair, and twenty-three other members were present. A letter was read from Lord Hemphill, acknowledging on behalf of himself and the other members of the family of the late Lord Hemphill, the resolution of sympathy passed •by the Council. A letter was read from a firm of solicitors in Belfast, drawing attention to the practice whereby, under the Workmen's Compensation Act, in the case of the death of a workman, an employer who admits liability, and desires to lodge compensation money, cannot obtain from the Clerk of the Peace an authority to lodge the money until a request for arbitration is issued at the instance of the dependents of the deceased workman. It was ordered that inquiries be made from Clerks of the Peace in reference to the general practice in such cases. An application by an intending apprentice for exemption from Latin at the Preliminary Examination was considered, and a reply was directed to be sent, stating that the Council was not disposed to favourably consider the application. A Memorial from a law clerk, seeking a modified Preliminary Examination, under sec tion 18 of the Solicitors (Ireland) Act, 1898, addressed to the Lord Chancellor and Judges, was considered, and it was decided not to offer opposition to the application. An application by a solicitor for renewal of his certificate, and two applications by •solicitors to obtain their first certificates, were considered, and in each application the orders sought for were made. The Council adjourned until the isth April. Council Meetings. MEETINGS of the Council will be held upon the following dates :— April isth and 29th. May 13th. Committee Meetings. THE following Committee Meetings were held during March :— . Court of Examiners, gth. Gazette, icth.

New Members. THE following have joined the Society during March :— Farrell, Christopher J. P., Longford. Hardman, Cyril H., Dublin.

Murphy, Michael M., Kilkenny. Rountree, James, Monaghan.

Commissioners for Oaths. THE Lord Chancellor has appointed the fol lowing additional commissioners to administer oaths :— James A. Culbert, Solicitor, Belfast. Louis A. Crawford, Solicitor's Assistant, Donegal. William John Corker, Clerk of Urban Council, Omagh. John Crockett, Jim., Clerk of Petty Sessions, Castlederg. William Lowry, Clerk of Union, Birr. James T. Purdon, Manager of Northern Bank, Bray. Obituary. MR. ALEXANDER BELL, Solicitor, died on the gth March, 1908, at his residence, 3, Sandford Terrace, Dublin. Mr. Bell, who served his apprenticeship with the late Mr. Joseph Dickie, of Belvidere Place, Dublin, and Dundalk, was admitted in Michaelmas Sittings. 1858, and practised at 43 Dame Street, Dublin, and latterly in partnership with his sons, Mr. Sidney M. Bell and Mr. E. St. Clair Bell, under the style of Alexander Bell & Sons, at 20 Molesworth Street, Dublin. Mr. Archibald Collum, Solicitor, died on the 2ist March, 1908, at his residence, 2, Mayfield, North Circular Road, Dublin. Mr. Collum, who served his apprenticeship with his father, the late Mr. John.Collum, of Talbot Street, Dublin, was admitted in Michaelmas Sittings, 1855, formerly practised at 74 Dame Street, Dublin, but retired from practice some years ago. Mr. John F. Cosgreave, Solicitor, died on the 24(11 March, 1908, at his residence, Rath- keale, Co. Limerick. Mr. Cosgreave was ad mitted in Hilary Sittings, 1869, and practised in Rathkeale with his sons, Mr. John T. Cosgreave and Mr. William A. Cosgreave.

Costs, loth. Costs, 13th.