The Gazette 1907-8

The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

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[JUNE, 1907

Northern Law Society in Ireland protesting against the continuance of the licence duty payable by solicitors in Ireland ; if so, whether it is his intention to abolish this tax ; and, if not, why. \_\^th May, 1907.] Q. Mr. O'Doherty,—To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he can say whether he has received a memorial from the Council of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland, pray ing that the annual duties payable by solicitors in Ireland, under the provisions of the Stamp Act of 1891, be abolished from and after the 5th day of January, 1908 ; and whether he proposes to take steps to do so. [_i^.th May, 1907.] Q. Mr. Vincent Kennedy, — To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his attention has been called to a resolution from the Northern Law Society of Ireland praying for the abolition of the licence duty payable by solicitors; and, if so, will he consider the advisability of removing this tax, which is not paid by any other profession. [14^ May, 1907.] A. Mr. Asquith. — I have received the memorial and the resolution referred to, and I have given careful consideration to the argu ments advanced in favour of the abolition of this licence duty. Nothing has, however, been urged against the duty which is not in my opinion equally applicable to 'many other licence duties of a more or less similar character, nor is there any sufficient reason for treating Ireland differently as regards this matter from other portions of the United Kingdom. I do not, therefore, see my way to taking any steps unless and until an opportunity arises of revising local taxation licences as a whole. [15^/2 May, 1907.] Workmen's Compensation Act, 1906. ATTENTION is directed to the following para graphs of sections 16 and 13 of this Act, which extends the liability of employers to (inter alia) those engaged in clerical work :— Section 16. (i) This Act shall come into operation on the first day of July, nineteen hundred and seven, but, except so far as it relates to references to medical referees, and

RECORDER'S COURT. (Before the Recorder of Dublin.) May nth, 1907. Sheriff's Fees.—Dunm and Clancy v. Blood, Findlater, & Co. Seizure ofgoods the property of the Execution Creditor. THIS was an action for £3 gs. 6d., being fees claimed by the Sheriff of Dublin against the defendants as solicitors for an execution credi tor in execution of a writ of fi. fa. and a writ of ^delivery in a case of the National Cash Register Company, Limited, v. Nolan. The de fendants had lodged a writ offi.fa. with the sheriff for execution, and the sheriff informed them that the debtor's wife, claimed the goods on the premises, but that the bailiff had seized a cash register, which he was advertising for sale. Defendants cautioned the sheriff against selling the cash register, which was the pro perty of the execution creditor, same being in debtor's possession under a hire-purchase agreement, and called upon the sheriff to make his return, as they were applying for a writ of delivery. The return to the_/f. _/a. was one of "nullabona," "wife claims," and the writ of delivery was lodged with the sheriff, who de livered the cash register under same. The sheriff claimed £2 6s., poundage fees and expenses on execution of the writ of fi. fa., in addition to £i i,s. 6d. fees for execution of the writ of delivery. The latter fees were admitted as payable, and same were tendered and lodged in Court: Held, that the sheriff had not seized any goods of the judgment debtor, the cash register having been the execution creditor's own pro perty, and the sheriff accordingly was not entitled to fees in respect of such seizure, but was entitled only to the fees payable under the writ of delivery. Annual Certificate Duty. THE following appears in the Parliamentary papers of the isth May, 1907:— Q. Mr. O'Doherty,—To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he can say whether he has received a copy of a resolution from the