The Gazette 1908-9

The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

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persons seeking to be appointed commissioners for taking affidavits for use in the High Court of Justice in Ireland; whether his attention has been called to the fact that in some cases Dublin agents of country solicitors take affi– davits in business connected with their agencies, that solicitors who are commissioners take affidavits in business transacted in their offices, and that la'-v clerks who act as commissioners take affidavits in cases pending in the offices of their employers ; and whether he will cause instructions to be issued on these 'matters..:..,;, Answer. Mr. Cherry. I have referred this Question to the Lord Chancellor, who informs me that no qualification is prescribed by statute for the appointment of commissioner for taking affidavits in Ireland, except in the case of the Dublin Commissioners, who must be solicitors, and who are required by the Lord Chancellor to have been in practice for a period of at least three years prior to their appointment. The rules of the Supreme Court provide that no affidavit shall be sufficient if sworn-before the solicitor for the part}' on whose behalf the affidavit is to be used, or before the partner, agent, correspondent, or clerk'of such solicitor. No case of a violation of this rule by a com– missioner has come under the notice of the Lord Chancellor. It would be open to the party against whom such an affidavit might be used to object to its sufficiency, or the breach of duty by the commissioner could be brought under the notice of the Lord Chancellor. Reported Cases on Costs. THIS book, published by the Society some years ago, contains a collection of verbatim reprints of the Reports of cases relating to costs decided in Ireland from 1867 to 1891 ; and also of such of the English cases on the Solicitors' Re– muneration Act up to 1891 as are applicable to the law in Ireland. It consists 0^735 pages. The remaining copies will be sold at the re– duced price of $s., postage 6d. extra, and can be obtained from the Secretary of the Society, Four Courts. 'S3-j?i Obituary. ;j MR. Robert 0. Longfield, Solicitor, died on 15th May, 1908, in Dublin. Mr. Longfield served his apprenticeship with Mr. Richard O. Armstrong, 47 Upper Sackville Street, Dublin ; was admitted in Trinity Sittings, 1865, and practised at 25 Clare Street, Dublin, and . :;i:?,BO

Dungannon, in partnership with Mr. Owen A^ Armstrong, under the style of Longfield^ Kelly, and Armstrong. -.rj:w:<\:n Mr. Longfield was a member of the'Council of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland from 1874 to 1889, and again from 1898 to 1900, and filled the office of Vice-President of the Society in 1899. :;>j;.; '-•<. :io:;;:qo 1o ''Mr; Felix J. M'Keown, Solicitor," 'died1 -a't Toomebridge, Co. Antrim, on zoth May, 1908. Mr. M'Keown served his apprenticeship with' Mr. John Malone, Cookstown, was admitted in Michaelmas Sittings, 1896, and practised at Belfast. , - 3iU io ijyioiSJj'J'J. rrTTiT.-v ,ii:.Uii. -,;_-' Sii'ii 1O ..lo /. ,,~t. :_.-_(! v.,,:v* ',,..;. --,-.r"! ~'i ' .^ hr^g-r'T " MiVjose'fjh Wfight, j.'p., D.L!, Solicitor,"died at his residence, Kilnaloy, Monaghan, on the 2jrd May, 1908. . . : ••;'<•-.< Mr. Wright served his apprenticeship with, the late Mr. John Hall, Hardwicke Street,. Dublin ; was admitted in Trinity Sittings, 1857, and practised at Monaghan. Mr. Wright was formerly Solicitor to the Grand Jury, County Monaghan, and subsequently to the Monaghan '' County CounciL .,;',,......'... '"'' Mr. William R. Rogers, Solicitor, died at' his residence, Francis Street, Dundalk, on the 28th May, 1908. Mr. Rogers served his. apprenticeship with his father, the late Mr. William R. Rogers (senior) ; was admitted in Michaelmas Sittings, 185-5,. an(i, practised at Dundaik. . .. . ;: '' ;;" :;;-. Swaine, Solicitor, and Mr. William Joseph Gleeson, Solicitor, to have their names struck off the Roll in order to enter as law students of the King's Inns, with a view to seeking call to the Bar, the Lord Chancellor has made orders in compliance with the recommenda– tions contained in the reports of the Com– mittee, directing the names of both solicitors, to be struck off the Roll at their own request." Mr. Swaine was admitted in Michaelmas Sittings, 1902, and practised at 16 Molesworth Street, Dublin. ' v :; ; ? ',' : ,;: ' ' ; '" '' Mr. Gleeson was."' admitted .in' Mic'h'aeliriaV Sittings, 1901, and practised at 68 Dame'iSfr.^?,"' Dublin. .'oriu/,:-;:-;; ;;:,;:.:-U an i r>';.j-vf(? f ^fr'i'"v"") O fi J Solicitors seeking Call to the Bar.:u:;joO The Statutory Committee having reported upon the applications of Mr. Edmund A.