The Gazette 1927-30

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Vol. XXI, No. 2]

JUNE, 1927.

FOR CIRCULATION AMONGST MEMBERS

Half-yearly General Meeting. The Half-yearly General Meeting of the Society was held on Monday, the 16th May, in the Offices of the Society, 45 Kildare Street, Dublin. Mr. W. T. Sheridan, President, occupied the Chair. The following members were also present : R. G. Warren, C. Gamble, J. Moore, A. H. S. Orpen, T. G. Quirke, A. D. Orr, B. Thompson, J. G. Reid, H. Concanon, J. W. Dyas, W. H. Fry, R. N. KeUer, E. T. Ryan, E. R. McC. Dix, E. R. Bate, F. E. Bermingham, R. D. English, V. Kennedy, W. H. C. Lloyd, E. Condell, E. J. Kenny, E. J. Mallins, H. Malley, A. T. Ellis, V. F. Kirwan, V. E. Kirwan. The Secretary read the notice convening the meeting, and also the Minutes of the Half-yearly General Meeting held in November last, which latter were confirmed and signed. Upon the motion of Dr. Quirke, seconded by Mr. Moore, it was resolved that Mr. W. W. Carruthers, Mr. T. A. Ireland, and Mr. E. J. Mallins be appointed Auditors of the Society's Accounts for the year ending 30th April, 1927. The President nominated the following members to act as Scrutineers of the ballot for Council to be held on 21st November next : Mr. E. F. Collins, Mr. M. Dawson, Mr. R. French, Mr. F. G. Sharpe, and Mr. N. Taylor. THE PRESIDENT, addressing the meet– ing, said : It is customary for the President at the May Meeting of the Society to make some

observations on passing events affecting the interests of our profession. We had recently to deplore the loss of one of our past Presidents, the late Mr. R. Blair White, who was well known to, and much respected by,- his fellow-practitioners. For fifteen years he performed much useful work on the Council, and in the year 1920 he filled the presidential chair with dignity and credit to the profession. I am sure you all join with me in tendering our sympathy to his relatives. Until new machinery is tested, the engineers or builders cannot be sure that it will run smoothly, and satisfactorily carry out the work for which it was intended, and if, as a result of such test, any defects or matters requiring adjustment become apparent, the necessary alterations are made without delay. The judicial machinery erected under the Courts of Justice Act, 1924, is no exception to this principle. The Rules of the High and Supreme Court came into operation on the 1st October last, and very soon it became apparent that the provision of Order XV., Rules 1 and 2, which required that an affidavit showing that the plaintiff was entitled to the relief claimed should be served together with the originating summons, caused considerable delay to creditors and fulfilled no useful purpose. The position was very much aggravated by a decision of Mr. Justice Hanna in January last, the effect of which was that the affidavit required to be sworn by the plaintiff under Order XV. was an affidavit " verifying his cause of action and the amount claimed (if any)." In other words, a plenary affidavit

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