The Gazette 1909-10

The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

[MARCH, 1910

November General Meeting of the Society, no further useful purpose could be served by the suggested meeting of the profession. Grants of Probate and Administration. A letter was read from a member stating that the number of cases in which Grants of Probate and Administration are now taken out through Inland Revenue Officers had of late largely increased, to the great disadvan tage of the profession. A reply was directed to be written drawing attention to the limits within which grants are permitted to be taken out through Inland Revenue Officers, and requesting particulars of any cases where such limit had been exceeded. Certificate One application by a Solicitor for liberty to renew his ^annual certificate was con sidered and granted. Membership of the Society. A report was submitted from the Special Committee of the Council appointed to consider the resolutions referred to the Council by the November General Meeting upon the subjects of the amounts of the annual subscription payable by members to the Society, and compulsory membership of the Society, and after discussion the report was referred back to the Committee for further consideration. Land Acts Rules. A report was submitted from the Land Act Committee upon Provisional rules issued under the Irish Land Acts, 1903 and 1909, by the Lord Lieutenant, by the Treasury, and the Irish Land Commission, and a representation to the Irish Land Commission was approved of suggesting that the Provisional rules issued by that body upon 26th January, 1910, should be amended by inserting the additional provision that a duplicate of the draft certificate specifying the amount of the percentage payable out of the Land Purchase Aid Fund in respect of purchase moneys advanced under the Land Purchase Acts, should in each case be sent, when the draft certificate is ready, to the Solicitor having carriage, or the Solicitor for the vendor.

Council Meetings. MEETINGS of the Council will be held upon the following dates •:— March 9th and 23rd. April 20th. Committee Meetings. THE following Committee Meetings were held during February :— Costs, 1st. Court of Examiners, 2nd.

Library, 4th. Gazette, 7th. County Courts, llth. Bye-Laws, 16th. Land Act, 22nd.

Obituary. MR. JOHN A. HOGAN, Solicitor, died on the 12th February, 1910, at his residence, Gladwyn, Reigate Hill. Mr. Hogan, who served his apprenticeship with the late Mr. Nicholas Doolan, of 12 Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin, was admitted in Michaelmas Term, 1850, and practised at 61 Dawson Street, Dublin, up to the year 1888, when he retired. MR. ALFRED H. MIDDLETON, Solicitor, died on the 12th February, 1910, at Shankill, Co. Dublin. Mr. Middleton, who served his apprentice ship with his father, the late Mr. Thomas B. Middleton, of Camden Street, Dublin, was admitted in Michaelmas Term, 1841, and practised formerly at 27 York Street, Dublin, and subsequently (up to the year 1905, when he retired) at 26 Eustace Street, Dublin, in partnership with his son, Mr. Thomas B. Middleton, who carries on the business, under the style of A. H. Middleton & Son. MR. WILLIAM LYNCH, Solicitor, Dublin, died on the 17th February, 1910, at Mountjoy Square, Dublin. Mr. Lynch, who served his apprenticeship with the late Mr. Andrew Devereux, of 51 Lower Sackville Street, Dublin, was admitted in Hilary Sittings, 1894, and practised at 12 Lr. Ormond Quay, Dublin.