The Gazette 1952-1955

solicitors held on the 6th, 7th and 8th days of September, the following passed the examination, and their names are arranged in order o f merit:— Passed w ith H onou rs. 1. Patrick F. Treacy; 2. John A. Gaynor, B.A. Passed. Aidan O’Donnell, Nicholas S. Hughes, Patrick M. Cooney, B .A ., LL .B ., Patrick P. MacMahon, Donough B. McDonough, Patrick J. Gardiner, Maurice J. Phelan, Valentine P. Carney, B .A ., Timothy Murphy, Dominic Spelman, B .A ., James Maguire, Esmond Davies, Patrick J . Carolan, B.A ., Michael P. Donnelly, John L. Moore, Patrick C. Kelly, B .A ., William F. Harpur, Richard D. Kennedy, Charles Fay. 42 candidates attended; 21 passed. The Council has awarded a Silver Medal to Patrick F. Treacy and a Special Certificate to John A. Gaynor. Scholarships, 1 9 5 4 . T he Findlater Scholarship was not awarded. The Overend Final Examination Scholarship (Real Property and Conveyancing) was awarded to Patrick F. Treacy, who served his apprenticeship with Mr. Lughaidh P. Gleeson, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary. The Overend Preliminary Examination Scholar­ ship was not awarded. CIRCUIT COURT RULES, 1954 . T h e Circuit Court Rules, 1954 (S.I. No. 212/1954) dealing with solicitors’ costs are now on sale at the Government Publications Sale Office, G.P.O. Arcade, Dublin, price 2s. The rules which came into operation on 4th October, 1954, amend the Circuit Court Rules, 1950, in various respects, and substitute a new schedule o f costs for the third schedule to the rules o f 1950. The following new Rule 32 is added to Order 58 o f the Circuit Court Rules, 1950 :— In any defended cause or matter personally conducted by a solicitor at the hearing, the County Registrar may, in fixing the instructions fee, take into consideration the additional work done, and responsibility borne by the solicitor. In any such case where the costs are taxed under Parts III, V , or V I o f the schedule hereto entitled the Third Schedule, any sum allowed under this rule shall be in addition to the instructions fee in the said parts.

days o f September, the following passed the examina­ tion and their names are arranged in order of m erit: i. John Patrick Redmond; 2. James P. G. O’Connor; 3. Patrick Joseph Farrell, John Morrissey (Equal). 5 candidates attended ; 4 passed. A t examinations held on the 24th and 25 th days o f September under the Legal Practitioners (Qualification) Act 1929, the following passed the examination:— First Examination in Irish. Bruce Francis Blake, Thomas C. Buckley, John Cecil Cashman, Fionnbarra Dempsey, Marie Therese Donnellan, William O’Dwyer Durkan, Margaret Mary Foley, Maire Neasa Gibbons, Michael John Harris, John P. A . Hooper, Gillian Mary Hussey, John J . Jay, John Vivian Kenny, Thomas Joseph Macken, Margaret M. F. N. Maguire, Joseph Murray McGowan, Maurice Anthony Neville, Gertrude Louise O’Connell, John Michael O’Donnell, James W. G . Osborne, George J . P. O’Sullivan, Patrick Fintan P. Clancy, Patrick Colfer, Patrick M. Cooney, Alphonsus Grogan, Brendan O’R . Rogers, Hallam J . C. Studdert. 13 candidates attended ; 6 passed. A t the Intermediate Examination for apprentices to solicitors held on the 6th and 7th days o f September, the following passed the examination and their names are arranged in order o f m erit:—■ Passed w ith H onou rs. 1. Dermot J. Devine; 2. Albert C. O’Dwyer ; 3. Brian Claffey ; 4. Desmond P. Windle ; 5. Carmel O’Connell; 6. Edmond J . K . McGrath. Passed. James J. Kelly, Denis A. McArdle, Patrick J. Gearty, William A. Irwin, Joseph J. Kiernan, Brendan J. Jones, Thomas E . Tighe, Austin V. Maher, Kenneth Kenny, Michael I. Moore, James L. F. MacCarthy, Michael J. Gleeson, Nicholas O’Keeffe, Patrick P. Ward, Michael D. D. Heather, John J. Waters. 39 candidates attended; 22 passed. The Centenary Prize was awarded to Dermot J. Devine. At the Final Examination for apprentices to John Ryan, Gerard Anthony Walsh. 28 candidates attended; 23 passed. Second Examination in Irish.

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