The Gazette 1918-19

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The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

JULY, 1918]

Land Commission Costs. IN reply to the request of the Council that the Solicitors' remuneration prescribed by Rules under the Land Law (Ireland) Acts and the Land Purchase (Ireland) Acts should be increased by 25 per cent, for the duration of the war and for six months after, the following letter has been received : SIR, With further reference to your letter of the loth ultimo on the subject of increasing the existing remuneration of Solicitors prescribed for work done under the Land Law and Land Purchase Acts, I am directed by the Irish Land Commissioners to transmit herewith, for the information of your Council, the accompanying copy of a Rule made by them this day, increasing during the continuance of the present war and for a period of six months thereafter, the Solicitors' remunera– tion in proceedings under the Land Law Acts by an amount equal to twenty-five per cent., and in proceedings under the Land Purchase Acts by an amount equal to twenty per cent., the increases to be in respect of all business done on or after the 7th day of May, 1918. The Irish Land Commission, Dublin, 24th June, 1918-

MR. MORTIMER C. DYAS, Solicitor, died upon the igth June, 1918, at Dublin. Mr. Dyas served his apprenticeship with the late Mr. Joseph Galloway, 55 Upper Sackville Street, Dublin, was admitted in Trinity Sittings, 1893, and practised at 79 Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin and Kells, up to the year 1914, when he retired. MR. FRANCIS J. SCALLAN, Solicitor, died upon the 2/th June, 1918, at his residence, Ludford Park, Dundrum, County Dublin. Mr. Scallan served his apprenticeship with Mr. John L. Scallan, 17 Bachelor's Walk, Dublin, was admitted in Hilary Sittings, 1883, and practised (in partnership with Mr. John L. Scallan, under the style of Messrs. John L. Scallan & Co.) at 25 Suffolk Street, Dublin. Roll of Honour. LIEUTENANT RICHARD T. SCALLAN, Royal Garrison Artillery, Solicitor, was accidentally killed on active service in France, on the 30th May, 1918. Lieutenant Scallan served his apprentice– ship with his father, the late Mr. Francis J. Scallan, 25 Suffolk Street, Dublin, and was admitted on the 22nd July, 1915. Military Honours. The Military Cross has been awarded to LIEUTENANT HERBERT M. McKEE, Royal Irish Rifles. Lieutenant McKee was apprenticed on the 6th January, 1911, to Mr. Samuel Ross, Solicitor, 10 Arthur Street, Belfast.

I am, Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

T. GEO. H. GREEN.

W. G. Wakely, Esq., Secretary,

Incorporated Law Society of Ireland, Solicitors' Buildings, Four Courts, Dublin. The Irish Land Commission hereby directs that (i) all Solicitors' fees and costs payable in proceedings under the " Land Law Acts," as prescribed by the Rules of the Irish Land Commission dated the 2nd day of January, 1897 (as distinct from payments), shall be

Honour to Solicitor. MR. R. BARRY MEGLAUGHLIN, Solicitor, Dungannon, has been appointed a member of the Order of the British Empire.