The Gazette 1949-1952

for sale should not contain stipulations obliging purchasers to pay approval fees had not been observed in certain cases, and also complaints that members had been required to pay a fee to the Vendor’s solicitor for the Certificate under Section 6 o f the Finance Act, 1928. It was ordered that the Secretary should send a circular to the Bar Associ­ ations throughout the country asking them to see that their members observe the recommendations A member of the Society wrote referring to the scale o f costs for defending Road Traffic Prose­ cutions where the costs are payable by an Insurance Company published in the Society’s G azette for November, 1949, and asking what is the appropriate scale of costs where a number o f cases are defended on the same day. The Secretary was directed to reply stating that the same scale o f costs applies to each case except where the same solicitor defends a number o f summonses against the same defendant arising out of the same facts on the same day, in which case the normal fee for each summons after the first is one guinea, and that in normal cases the fee prescribed cover all correspondence and attendances necessary for preparing the defence. DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL NOTICE TO PURCHASERS OF NEW HOUSES AND TO THEIR SOLICITORS T he Dublin County Council cannot take over as public roads or maintain private roads in the County unless these private roads have been constructed and maintained in accordance with the Council’s standards and are provided with adequate lighting facilities. The attention o f Purchasers of houses on new estates, and the particular attention of their Solicitors is therefore directed to the absolute neces­ sity of ensuring before closing the Sale that the roads, if not already in charge o f the Council, are, or at an early date will be, completed to the required standard. If, exceptionally, an Undertaking for completion to standard has to be accepted to close an urgent Sale, it is suggested that the Undertaking should be for completion by a specified early date, that it should be legally enforceable, and should, if necessary, be acted on when the due date arrives. Indemnities may save Purchasers cost of road construction hut they will not save them the hardship of having to enter and leave their homes, possiblyforyears, over unmade and unligpted roads. Close attention to this matter, and absolute insistence by Solicitors on compliance with the appropriate o f the Council already published. Road Traffic Prosecutions

Requisition, will prevent much trouble and incon­ venience to Purchasers and will safeguard them against the risk of being obliged in accordance with the Public Health Acts to bear the expense o f bring­ ing the roads fronting their houses up to standard preparatory to their being taken over and main­ tained by the Council. Purchasers should also ensure that the arrange­ ments for maintenance and repair of drains, sewers, and so forth, serving the houses are satisfactory. Dated this 1st day o f December, 1950. J. D. WILLIAMS, 1 1 Parnell Sq., Dublin. Acting County Secretary. PRESENTATION OF PARCHMENT CERTIFICATES TO NEWLY ADMITTED SOLICITORS A ceremony for the formal presentation of parch­ ment certificates to solicitors admitted during the past six months was held in the Members’ Hall, Solicitors’ Building, on Thursday, 23rd November, 1950. The ceremony was attended by the solicitors to whom certificates and awards were presented, and by their friends. The President, Mr. William J. Norman, addressed the meeting as follows :— “ Ladies and Gentlemen, “ I am very pleased to be here to-day to introduce a new function in the history o f our Society. The Council have decided that a formal ceremony should be held twice in each year in the Society’s Hall at which the President, for the time being in office, will present the parchment certificates o f admission to solicitors who have been admitted by the Chief Justice during the preceding six months after- passing the Society’s examinations. The admission of a young man or a young lady to be a member of this profession is naturally a red-letter day in their lives, and the Council feel that it should be marked by a special ceremony at which they should be welcomed into the profession by their colleagues in the presence o f their relatives and friends. “ I should first like to congratulate those of you who have been admitted and to express the hope that you will be successful in your professional careers, and that you will do justice to this old and honoured profession. I am a great believer in the value of tradition. I think we all find as we go through life and grow older that the things of real and abiding value are the things which have stood the test of time and the judgment o f men over the years. Never forget that you have entered a profession which is founded on traditions which have been handed down through the centuries, and which 42