The Gazette 1914-15

The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

96

[MARCH, 1915

Calendar of the Incorporated Law Society, 1915. THE Calendar and Law Directory, published by the Society for 1915, can be obtained in the Secretary's Office, price three shillings, or by post three shillings and fourpence. Land Registry. • THE following correspondence deals with the practice relating to the obtaining of copies of folios :— The Incorporated Law Society of Ireland, Solicitors' Buildings, Four Courts, Dublin, 6th February, 1915. Dear Sir, Would you oblige me by letting me know, for the information of the Council of this Society, whether copies of folios can be obtained either in the'Local Office or in the Central Office, at the option of the party bespeaking, and whether there has been any recent change in the practice in this matter ? Faithfully yours, (Signed), WM. GEO. WAKELY, Secretary. Raymond Smith, Esq., Chief Clerk, Land Registry, Four Courts, Dublin. Land Registry of Ireland, Central Office, Four Courts, Dublin, 9th February, 1915. Copy Folios. Dear Sir, I am in receipt of your letter of the 6th inst., asking whether there has been any recent change in the practice of bespeaking copies of folios in the Local or Central Office of the Land Registry at the option of the party bespeaking such copies. In reply, I am directed by the Registrar to state, for the information of your Council, that the matter stands as follows :— Evidence of title to registered land can be shown by the production of— (1) The Central Office or Local Office Folio.

The Land Certificate in any title can be issued only to the owner, or his or her Solicitor, and is bespoken at and issued by the Central Office only, although it bears'the countersignature of the Local Registrar and the seal of the Local Office. Where an annuity is payable, the original Land Certificate is deposited by us in the Irish Land Commission, which Department issues to the person bespeaking the Certificate a paper certified copy thereof. A Sealed Copy Folio can be bespoken by and issued to anyone interested, and any number of copies of the same Folio can be issued. These copies can be obtained either at the proper Local Office or at the Central Office of the Land Registry, at the option of the person bespeaking the copy. Experience has proved that there is little or no advantage in retaining both forms of the evidence of title to registered land, and for many reasons it has been found preferable to suggest that this evidence should in all cases take the form of a sealed copy folio, to be bespoken either at the Local Office or at the Central Office at the option of the person bespeaking it. The answer to the query contained in your letter is, therefore, in the negative. Yours faithfully, (Signed), RAYMOND SMITH, Chief Clerk. W. G. Wakely, Esq., Secretary, The Incorporated Law Society of Ireland, Solicitors' Buildings, Four Courts, Dublin. Advertising by Solicitors. . THE following Resolutions were adopted by the Council in 1909 in reference to advertising by Solicitors, and the Council re-affirmed these Resolutions on the 10th February, 1915:— RESOLVED— " (1) That, in the opinion of the Council, advertising by Solicitors is objection able and unprofessional. " (2) That the insertion by a Solicitor of his name in a Directory, or list of Solicitors is not advertising, provided such insertion be confined to an announce ment of the Solicitor's name, address, degrees, public appointments, and membership or position in this Society.

(2) The Land Certificate. (3) A Sealed Copy of (a)

the Central the Local

Office Folio ; Office Folio.

or (b)