The Gazette 1912-13

APRIL

1913J

The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society ol Ireland.

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Legal Appointment. Mr. Patrick Lavery, Solicitor, of Armagh, has been appointed Registrar to the County Court Judge of the County of Kerry.

the servants of the London General Omnibus Company, the second defendants, from all blame. Mr. Justice Bucknill. in giving judgment, said that the question he had to consider was whether the proper order to make was that the plaintiff should recover from the unsuc cessful defendants the costs which he would be compelled to pay to the London General Omnibus Company, who had been successful in the action as against him. In order to determine this question he must consider what was the attitude taken up by the unsuccessful defendants. His Lordship reviewed the cir cumstances of the case, and said that when the plaintiff's Solicitors wrote before action to the National Motor Cab Company, the latter, in replying, should have said something which would have been a guide to the plaintiff as to whether he ought to join the London General Omnibus Company as defendants or not. The plaintiff, with his limited knowledge of the facts, was entitled to bring an action against both the defen dants ; but the first defendants, when they were applied to by the plaintiff, ought to have said whether they alleged negligence against the omnibus company or not. There would be judgment for the plaintiff against the National Motor Cab Company for £250 and costs, and judgment for the London General Omnibus Company against the plaintiff with costs ; such costs, however, must be paid to the plaintiff by the National Motor Cab Company. (Reported The Times Law Reports, Vol. XXIX., page 311.) KING'S BENCH DIVISION (ENGLAND). (Before Channell, Bray, and Coleridge, JJ.) In re A SOLICITOR ; Exparle THE LAW SOCIETY. March 12, 1913.— Solicitor—Professional mis conduct—Solicitor's interest in debt- collecting business — Champertous arrange ment. THE Law Society found that the respondent, by his interest in and connection with a debt- collecting association, had been guilty of professional misconduct. H°.ld, that this finding was right, but that as the respondent, on becoming aware that

County Courts (Ireland) Bill. THE following has appeared in the Parlia mentary Papers :— » Q. Mr. Charles Craig.—To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, if he will state what steps, if any, he has taken towards giving effect to the recom mendations of the county court judges and the Incorporated Law Society re proposed reforms in county court procedure in Ireland : if he has received the resolutions passed by the Associated Chambers of Commerce in Ireland on the same subject; and what steps he intends taking to give effect to them. [Wh March, 1913.] A. Mr. Birrell.—I have received the resolutions referred to. The Report in question is under consideration, but I am not yet in a position to make any statement on the subject. [13th March, 1913.[ . Recent Decisions affecting Solicitors. (Notes of decisions, whether in reported or unreported cases, of interest to Solicitors, are invited from Members.) KING'S BENCH DIVISION (ENGLAND). (Before Bucknill, J.) VINE T. NATIONAL MOTOR CAB COMPANY (LIMITED) AND ANOTHER. Feb. 22, 1913.— Practice—Costs — Two defen dants — Plaintiff successful against one defendant—Costs payable to successful defendant recoverable from unsiiccessful defendant. THE plaintiff sued the two defendant com panies to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him owing to the negligence of the defendants' servants or the servants of one of them. At the trial the jury found that the accident was solely due to the negligence of the servants of the first defendants, against whom they awarded the plaintiff £250 damages, and they exonerated