The Gazette 1909-10

THE GAZETTE OF THE of

March, 1910.

Vol. Ill, No. 9.]

• FOR C.RCULATION .AMONGST MEMBERS.

certified, the conditions of sale providing for certified copies to be furnished. Purchaser's Solicitor declined to return the copies, claiming that he should be furnished with a further set of copies, which should be certified. The query requested a statement as to the recognised custom upon the point. The report stated that the recognised custom is for the purchaser's Solicitor to return the copies which had been sent with the abstract, so that those copies might be certified. The report of the Committee and the answers to the queries were adopted. A letter was read from the Hon. Secretary and Treasurer of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland expressing the agree ment of the Institute with the views expressed by the Council of this Society upon the rela tive functions of Accountants and Solicitors in Arrangement Matters and contained in a letter to the Solicitor of the Institute. Copies of these letters appear in this GAZETTE. Finance Bill, 1909. A letter was read from a member suggesting the desirability of calling a meeting of the profession to consider this Bill, in reference to its effect upon the tenant purchasers of Ireland. It was decided, having regard to the resolutions dealing with the Bill passed by the Council last July, which were cir culated amongst Members of Parliament, and to the amendments subsequently inserted in the Bill, and also having regard to the discussion which took place at the last February 23rd. Arrangement Matters.

Meetings of the Council.

February $(h. Taxation of County Court Costs.

A LETTER was read from a member, giving particulars of items disallowed upon taxation of a Solicitor and Client County Court Bill of Costs which he considered to be wrongly disallowed, and asking the views of the Council in reference thereto. The matter was referred to the County Counts Com mittee with authority to deal with it. Certificates. Three applications by Solicitors for liberty to renew their annual certificates were considered and granted. Apprentices. A report from the Court of Examiners upon applications of three Law Clerks to be bound under Section 16 was submitted. Two of the applications were granted, and the third was refused. Cost Queries. A report was received from the Costs Committee upon the following queries sub mitted for decision :—Conditions of Sale, under which a purchaser agreed to purchase, provided for the payment of an approval fee by the purchaser to the vendor's Solicitor on draft assignment, in addition to the scale fee payable by the vendor. Is the purchaser bound to pay the approval ? The Committee answered this question in the affirmative. The vendor's Solicitor in the above- mentioned contract requested the purchaser's Solicitor to return the copies documents sent with the abstract of title to have those copies