The Gazette 1946-49

Vol. 42 No. 9

March, 1949

THE GAZETTE of the INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND

President PATRICK R. BOYD

Vice-presidents JOSEPH TYRRELL JOSEPH BARRETT

Secretary ERIC A. PLUNKBTT.

FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS

MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL FEBRUARY 24th. The President in the chair : also present: Messrs. Joseph P. Tyrrell and Joseph Barrett, Vice-Presidents; Scan O hUadhaigh, William J. Norman, Daniel O'Connell, W. S. Hayes, Henry P. Mayne, James R. Quirke, Reginald J. Nolan, William L. Duggan, J. Travers Wolfe, John S. O'Connor, Roger Greene, J. D. O'Connell, C. E. Callan, Thomas A. O'Reilly, Dermot P. Shaw, A. Cox, L. E. O'Dea, Gerald J. O'Donnell, Desmond R. Counahan, Patrick F. O'Reilly, John J. Bolger. The following was among the business trans acted :— Lectures on Professional Ethics AT the request of the Council Messrs. Barrett and Tyrrell each agreed to deliver a lecture on the rights, duties and responsibilities of solicitors to the apprentices' Course C Class. Costs of Lease THE Council considered on a report from a Com mittee a query as to the appropriate scale of costs

chargeable on the granting of a lease of premises in the city of Dublin under the provisions of Section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act, 1931. The lease was dated I3th January, 1949, for a term of 99 years from 6th May, 1949, subject to the yearly rent of £100, lessees paying all rates and taxes. The lease was a renewal of a lease dated 1864 for 85 years subject to the yearly rent of £28 which will expire on 6th May, 1949. The rent of £100 was fixed by agreement between the parties on the basis of the rent which would have been fixed by the Court under Part 3 of the Landlord and Tenant Act, 1931. The Council expressed the opinion that the rent of £100 was a rack rent, and that the costs should be charged on the scale appropriate thereto. Unqualified person drawing a Lease ON a report from a committee it was ordered that subject to counsel's advice proceedings should be instituted against an unqualified person, who described himself as an accountant, for a breach of Section 3 of the Conveyancers' (Ireland) Act, 1864, by drawing a letting agreement for or in expectation of fee or reward. 59