The Gazette 1952-1955

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April 1954

Vol. 47 No. 1 0 7

THE GAZETTE oj the INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND

Vice-Presidents

Secretary

President J oseph B arrbtt

E ric A. P lunkett

J ohn J. N ash

J ohn R. H alpin FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS

The report stated that there is an urgent need for legal text books and that the conference had been held at the request of the accountancy bodies to ascertain whether the problem could be solved by joint action. It appeared however that the needs of the two professions are not identical. The accoun­ tants’ representatives stated that they needed books on Executorship Law, Income Tax, and Company Law, while the books most urgently required for solicitors’ apprentices are books on Real and Per­ sonal Property, Contracts and Torts, Equity and Practice and Procedure. There is common ground as regards the subjects of Income Tax and Company Law but until the Company Law Reform Committee have made their report it would be premature to consider the publication of a new work on this subject. It was decided to adjourn further con­ sideration of this matter having regard to the possibility o f obtaining funds which can be used for legal education under the provisions of the draft Solicitors Bill 1953 which has been considered by the Government. Builders’ advertisements. T he Council considered a report from a Committee on the subject of an advertisement published by a

MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL. 8 th A pril : The President in the Chair; also present:—Messrs. John J. Nash and John R. Halpin, Vice-Presidents; James J. O’Connor, Donal O’Hagan, Peter E. O’Connell, Joseph P. Tyrrell, Francis J. Gearty, C. E. Callan, Thomas A. O’Reilly, John Maher, Francis J. Lanigan, William J. Norman, Cornelius J. Daly, Reginald J. Nolan, Charles J. Downing, George G. Overend, Ralph J. Walker, John J. Sheil, George A. Nolan, John Carrigan, Desmond J. Collins, Louis E. O’Dea, Flenry St. J. Blake, Derrick M. Martin, Arthur Cox, Patrick R. Boyd, Sean O’hUadhaigh, Patrick F. O’Reilly. The following was among the business transacted : Second Irish Examination. I t was decided that in future there will be two written papers of two hours each instead of one four-hour paper as at present. Legal Text Books. T he Council considered a report from a recent conference between the Society’s representatives and representatives of the Institute o f Chartered Accoun­ tants and the Society of Incorporated Accountants.