The Gazette 1921-25

JUNE, 1921

The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society ol Ireland

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century by the efforts of the Society, benefits which all enjoy to-day, will realise how entirely lacking in esprit de corps are the minority not on the roll of membership, and who fail to realise the higher and larger considerations of membership. MR. DAVID QUAID moved a resolution to the following effect, of which he had given notice : " That, as the intervention of the Crown in defence of the magistrate in the case of Quaid v. Lupton, recently decided before the Recorder of Dublin, affects the Solicitors' profession, it be referred to the Council for consideration and report." He said that he thought it an extraordinary precedent that the Crown should come in and defend the case, when the magistrate was accused of exercising his prerogative arbitrarily. If the Crown interfered in such cases between the solicitor and the magistrate every magistrate throughout the country who happened to find himself in a difficulty would call upon the Crown to support him, and, to his mind, it would be a serious thing for the entire body of the profession in Ireland. Was it, he asked, consistent with the independence of the magistrate and with public policy that the Crown should intervene in such cases ? the President remarking that what would be taken into consideration would be the right of the Crown to intervene, and not the merits of the case, as decided by the Recorder, and intimated that when any member is desirous of having a question of professional interest considered by the Council, a letter to the Secretary on the subject always receives attention. MR. W. S. HAYES moved a vote of thanks to the President which was passed, and the President having returned thanks the meeting terminated. MR. SAMUEL KERR seconded the motion. The meeting passed the resolution,

Meetings of the Council.

May 25th. 28 Members present.

General Meeting. The

resolution passed at the General Meeting on llth inst. was referred to the Privileges Committee for report.

Unqualified Persons. Enquiry was directed to be made in reference to a letter written by an unqualified person who falsely described himself as a solicitor, which letter had been forwarded to the Secretary by the solicitor for the person to whom the letter had been written. Commissioners to Administer Oaths. The Lord Chancellor has appointed the following to be Commissioners to administer oaths : Robert I. Archer, Solicitor, 12 Upper Ormond Quay, Dublin. William J. Doherty, Assistant to the Clerk of Crown and Peace, Mullingar. Obituary. MR. JOHN WILSON, Solicitor, died upon the 12th May, 1921, at his residence 33 Main Street, Longford. MR. WILSON served his apprenticeship with his father the late Mr. John Wilson, Longford, was admitted in Hilary Term, 1864, and practised at Longford. MR. DANIEL C. S. P. MOON, Solicitor, died upon the 13th May, 1921, at Ballydevitt, Aghadowey, Co. Londonderry. MR. MOON served his apprenticeship with Mr. Robert O'Neill, Coleraine ; was admitted in Hilary Sittings, 1913, and practised at Aghadowey.