The Gazette 1910-11

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July, 1910.

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Meetings of the Council.

certificates was adopted. It was resolved that Candidate No. 6 at the Final Examina tion, being guilty of a breach of the rules at the examination, be not permitted to again present himself for examination till May, 1911. June ]5th. Commissioner of National Education. The congratulations of the Council were directed to be conveyed to Mr. David M. Moriarty. Solicitor, of Killarney, upon his appointment as a Commissioner of National Education in Ireland. Register of Changes in Firms of Solicitors. It was referred to the Gazette Committee to consider the matter of compiling a register, to be kept in the Secretary's Office, containing a record of changes in membership of firms of Solicitors and of businesses of deceased or retired Solicitors which have been acquired A letter from the Coleraine Branch of the Derry and Antrim Solicitors' Association, asking the opinion of the Council as to the liability for discharging increment duty as between vendor and purchaser on closing of sales, was considered and referred to the by other Solicitors. Increment Duty.

June \st. Admiralty Practice.

THE subject of the increasing practice of giving security in the English Admiralty Court in order to have Admiralty actions which have been commenced in Ireland subsequently tried in London was discussed, and it was decided to request the Bar Council to appoint representatives to confer with representatives of the Council upon the subject with a view to having the trial of Admiralty cases arising out of Irish Admiralty proceedings retained in this country. Parliamentary. A report from the Parliamentary Com mittee upon the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Bill at present before the House of Commons was adopted. It was resolved to take immediate steps to oppose Clause 29 of the Bill, which provides that the award of the Arbitrator of compensation for lands compulsorily taken by the Company shall be final and not subject to an appeal, thus abolishing the right of traversing the Arbitrator's award at Assizes under the procedure laid down by the Lands Clauses Act, 1845, and the Irish Railway Acts, 1851 and 1860. Examination Results. The report of the Court of Examiners upon the Preliminary and Final Examinations results, and upon the awards of medals and

Costs Committee. Labourers Acts.

A letter was read from a country member giving particulars of taxation of his costs of