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April, 1913.

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Meetings of the Council.

examination system of the Law Society, was read and referred to the Court of Examiners. Law Clerks. Reports from the Court of Examiners upon applications by two Law Clerks for leave to be bound under Section 16 were submitted, and both applications were granted. A memorial of a law clerk seeking a modified preliminary examination was con sidered, and it was resolved that same should not be opposed. March 28th. Bankruptcy Bill. This Bill, which has been read a second time in the House of Commons, was sub mitted. The Bill, when introduced last Session in the House of Lords, contained a clause which would have enabled a creditor to present a bankruptcy petition in England against a Scotch or Irish debtor who within a year had carried on business in England, either personally or by means of an agent or manager, or had been a member of a firm which carried on business in England by means of a partner or an agent or manager. Objection was made to this clause by the Council through Mr. Brady, M.P. The Council also communicated with the Incor porated Society of Law Agents in Scotland, and obtained their co-operation. In the result an amendment, suggested by the Council, excepting from the operation of the clause the case of a person domiciled in Scotland or Ireland, or a firm or partnership having its principal place of business in Scotland or Ireland, has at the instance of

March 12th. Solicitors (Ireland) Act.

A LETTER was read from a country member giving a report of proceedings against a non- professional person. The proceedings were instituted at Petty Sessions at the instance of the Council under Section 53 of the Solicitors (Ireland) Act, and the defendant pleaded guilty, and was ordered to pay a fine and costs. A full report of the case will be found in this GAZETTE. Solicitor's Audience. A letter having been received from a member of the profession asking the opinion of the Council upon the question whether the privilege of audience of Solicitors extends to all matters to which the jurisdiction of the Court of the Land Commission itself extends, a report from the Land Act Committee upon the question was submitted and adopted. The report of the Committee stated : " that after careful consideration of the Statutes ' and rules governing the jurisdiction and procedure of the Land Commission the Committee are of opinion that Solicitors ' have no right of audience in cases appearing ' in the Court list of the Judge of the Irish ' Land Commission when sitting to dispose ' of business under the Land Purchase Acts, ' and that the Judge has jurisdiction to ' direct what classes of cases should appear ' in the Court and Chamber lists ' respectively." Debating Society. A letter from the Apprentices' Debating Society, making suggestions relative to the

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