The Gazette 1912-13

THE GAZETTE OF THE

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Meetings of the Council.

Exceeds £30, but does not exceed £50 ... ... ... ...300 Exceeds £50—An additional sum of £1 for every £50, or fractional part of £50 above the first £50. Professional Etiquette. The opinion of the Council was requested by a country member as to whether he would have been justified in acting for the defendant in Civil Bill proceedings under the following circumstances :—In September, 1912, a black smith consulted the member in reference to a claim against the owner of a machine ; the member advised him and was paid for the advice, and the blacksmith did not return. Recently the owner of the machine came to the member and instructed him to defend a Civil Bill brought by the blacksmith through another Solicitor on foot of his claim against the owner of the machine, but having been previously consulted on the matter by the blacksmith, the member refused to act for the defendant. The Council expressed the opinion that under the circumstances the member would have been justified in defending the Civil Bill, subject to his not using against his former client information obtained from him on the subject, and in support of this opinion the Council referred to the case of Rakusen v. Ellis, Munday and Clarke (1912), 1 Ch. 831.

January 15th. Debt Collecting Letters. THREE letters

issued by non-professional persons debts alleged to be due to third parties, were referred to the County Courts Committee to consider what action, if any, should be taken in reference to them. Public Roads (Ireland) Act, 1911. The provisional rules issued under this Act were submitted. These rules appeared in the GAZETTE of last month, page 80. The draft rules provided that for allproceedings from the drawing of the Civil Bill to the final Order of the Court, the costs payable by defendant to plaintiff according to amount recovered, and by defendant to plaintiff in case of a dismiss, according to amount claimed, should be regulated by the following scale :— When the sum does not exceed £15 ... ... ... ... £1 0 0 Exceeds £15, but does not exceed £50 ... ... ... ... 2 0 0 Exceeds £50, but does not exceed £100 ... ... ... 3 0 0 Exceeds £100—An additional sum of £1 for every £50 or fractional part of £50 above £100. At the instance of the Council, the follow ing scale was substituted :— When the sum does not exceed £15 ... ... ... ... £100 Exceeds £15, but does not exceed £30 ... ... ... ... 2 0 0 demanding payment of

Certificates.

Applications by under Section 47 for renewal of their Certificates were submitted and were granted. five Solicitors

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