The Gazette 1952-1955

‘ solicitor ’ hereby calls on the Society through its Council to press for the rejection o f the use thereof in the Bill at present before the Oireachtas entitled the Solicitors’ Bill, and for the substitution therefor o f the traditional, historical designation o f ‘Attorney- at-Law’ .” The proposer and seconder and Mr. Sean O hUadhaigh and H. E. McClenaghan and Arthur Cox having spoken to the motion and the proposer having replied it was put to the meeting and declared lost. Mr. T. D. McLoughlin moved the following motion on the Agenda—“ That this Society deplores the use o f the term ‘ Civil Service Solicitor ’ in the Bill at present before the Oireachtas entitled the Solicitors’ Bill, 1954* and hereby calls on the Society through its Council to press for the rejec­ tion o f the terms aforesaid and for the substitution therefore o f the term ‘ Attorney-at-Law in the service of the State.’ ” The President stated that the question of the term “ Civil Service Solicitor ” was under discussion between the State Departments’ Solicitors’ Associa­ tion and the Council and that it was likely that representations would be made to the Government to substitute the term “ Solicitor in the service of the State ” for the term “ Civil Service Solicitor.” The proposer with the permission o f the meeting withdrew the motion. The proceedings then terminated. T he President o f the Society for the year 1954-5 5 is Dr. Henry A . Maginess, Lisburn. The five extraord­ inary members on the Council o f this Society are— Messrs. Thomas Q. King, Belfast; George Murnaghan, Omagh ; Charles MacLoughlin, Cole­ raine; and James C. Taylor, Belfast, with Dt. Maginess. SOUTHERN LAW ASSOCIATION. T h e Annual General Meeting of the above Associa­ tion took place on Friday, 3rd December, 1954. The following officers were elected for the year 1954-5 5 : President, Mr. John J . Horgan; Vice-President, Mr John Francis Fo ley; Hon. Treasurer, Bryan J. Murphy; Hon. Secretary, Gerald J . Moloney; Council: —Messrs. T. A. Buckley, J. K . Coakley, C. J. Daly, C. E . Exham, Edmund Hayes, J. B- Jermyn, P. J. Kavanagh, J. W. O’Donovan, B. M. O’Meara, D. J . Quinlan, Michael Boland, T. K. Keane. THE INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF NORTHERN IRELAND.

hUadhaigh’s amendment was at his request recorded. The original motion for the adoption of the report (with the exception of Part III) was then put to the meeting and adopted. It was decided that the next annual meeting of the Society should be held on 24th November, 19 55 • Ou the motion o f Mr. Ernest Proud, seconded by Mr. P. C. Moore, Mr. Nash, Vice-President took the Chair and Mr. Proud then moved and Mr. Moore seconded a vote of thanks to the President for his distinguished services to the Society during his year o f office. Mr. Nash associated himself with the motion which was passed with acclamation. The President replied and the proceedings terminated. SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING. A S p e c ia l General Meeting o f the Society was held on 25th November, 1954, pursuant to a requisition signed by the necessary number of members. o f the Society under Bye-law 27. The President took the Chair. The following resolution which had been referred to the Special Meeting by the Annual Meeting o f the Society was proposed by Mr. T. D. McLoughlin, seconded by Mr. Peadar Cowan—cc That Part III of the report o f the Council for the year ending 25th November, 1954, be not adopted and be referred back to the Council.” The proposer and seconder and Messrs. Sean O hUadliaigh, T. A. O’Reilly, and D. Slattery addressed the meeting. Mr. Donough O’Donovan, Chief State Solicitor, proposed as an amendment and Mr. P. C. Moore seconded that Part III of the report be adopted. After replies from the mover and seconder o f the substantive motion it was withdrawn by permission o f the meeting on a statement by the Chairman that subject to the attainment of the paramount object that the Solicitors’ Bill, 1954, should become law before 5th January, 1955, and to the unfettered discretion o f the Council in taking all necessary action to achieve that object, the Council would try to obtain the agreement o f the Government to the amendment o f the Bill on the Committee stage, with the object of ensuring that members o f the Dis­ ciplinary Committee would not be associated with the preliminary investigation o f complaints, and to an amendment increasing the quorum o f the Disciplinary Committee from 3 to 5. The following motion on the Agenda was then proposed by Mr. T. D. McLoughlin and seconded by Mr. Raymond Kenny—“ That this Society recognising the disadvantages attaching to the members, by the continued use o f the designation

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