The Gazette 1910-11

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August, 1910.

Vol. IV, No. 4.]

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Meetings of the Council.

Bill gives the Lord Chancellor power to make rules " with the concurrence of the Recorder and after consultation with the President of the Incorporated Law Society" with reference to various matters set forth in tL<5 Bill. The Council have, after consultation with the Northern Law Society, the Southern Law Association, the Provincial Delegates and the General Council of the Bar of Ireland, prepared a County Courts Bill amending the County Court procedure and applicable to the whole of Ireland. This measure is now ready for introduction, and the Council hope they may be successful in passing it, and they therefore decided to oppose the above Bill which was not sufficiently general in its character. Public Trustee. The following resolution was adopted :— " That in the opinion of the Council of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland it is not necessary or expedient to appoint a Public Trustee in Ireland. Certificates. Three applications of Solicitors for renewal of their certificates were considered and orders made granting the three applications. Repairs to Premises. Upon the recommendation of the House Committee estimates were accepted for some repairs to the premises of the Society to be carried out during vacation.

July 13th. Labourers Act Costs. THE President informed the Council that he had received a request from the Local Government Board to attend upon the 15th instant a meeting, in order that the Board might consult him in reference to a new Order which they propose to make dealing with Occupier's Costs of Title under the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1906. Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Bill. A letter was read from Messrs Sherwood & Co., Parliamentary Agents to the Society, stating that the Private Bill Committee of the House of Commons, before whom this Bill came, had struck out Clause 29. The Council had taken steps to oppose this Clause, the object of which was to provide that the award of the Arbitrator as to the amount of compensation money to be paid for lands compulsorily acquired under the Act should be final, thus depriving the owner of his right of traverse, which the Council con sidered would be very detrimental both to

owners and to the Profession. Civil Bill Courts (Dublin) Bill.

The Bill introduced upon 7th July in the House of Commons dealing with the pro cedure in the Civil Bill Courts of the City and County of Dublin was considered. The