The Gazette 1952-1955

The following members were appointed to represent the Association as Extraordinary members of the Council o f the Incorporated Law Society, in addition to the President, Mr. John J. Horgan Messrs. Edmund Hayes, Barry M. O’Meara, John B. Jermyn, Patrick J. Kavanagh. DUBLIN SOLICITORS’ BAR ASSOCIATION. T h e following are the President and officers fo r the year 1954-55: President, Cecil G. Vanston; Vice-President, David R. P igo t; Hon. Secretary, Eunan McCarron ; Hon. Treasurer, Rory O’Connor. Council: Messrs. F. Connolly, J. Cullen, M. Farrelly, R. Healy, J. N. Plughes, L. Kearon, M. Leech, B. McGarry, S. Millington. The Annual Dinner o f the Bar Association was held by kind permission o f the Council in the Library o f the Law Society on Saturday the n th December, 1954. There was an attendance of approximately 140 members and guests. The Council o f the Association has been com­ pelled to raise the members subscription for the current year to £1. PRESENTATION OF CERTIFI­ CATES OF ADMISSION. O n 25 th November, the President at a ceremony in the Society’s Library presented certificates of admission to the following solicitors :— John K . Boland, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork; Patrick J. Cody, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow; Esmond Davies, 13 .A ., LL .B ., Ingoldsby, Crosth- waite Park S. Dun Laoghaire; Alec Diamond, 174 Stillorgan Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin; James D. Donegan, “ Fastnet,” Ballinlough, Co. Co rk ; Charles W. R. Fay, 13 Thomas Ashe Street, Cavan ; John A . Gaynor, 13 .A ., St. Flelier’s, Stillorgan Park, Blackrock, Co. Dublin (2nd Place September Final, Special Cert.); Denis H. Johnston, B .A ., LL.B . 49 Sandycove Road, Dun Laoghaire; John B. Kirby B .A ., LL .B ., 32 Frascati Park, Blackrock, Co. Dublin; James Maguire, 55 Clontarf Park, Vernon Avenue, Co. Dublin; Mary E. Reihill, B.A ., Deep- well, Blackrock, Co. Dublin (1st Place April Final, Special Cert.); Francis T. D. Sweeney, 6 New Brighton, Monkstown, Co. Dublin ; Patrick Smyth, Mill Street, Monaghan; Dominic B. A . Spelman, 39 St. Anne’s Road, Drumcondra, Dublin; Ray­ mond M. Walker, B.A ., LL .B ., 14 Leeson Park, Dublin; John Baily, Ballyard, Tralee, Co. K erry; Ignatius F. Branigan, Battery Road, Longford; Kieran T. Flynn, St. Michael Street, Tipperary (2nd Place April Final, Special Cert.).

MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL. 25TH N o v em b e r The President in the Chair. Also p r e s e n tM e s s r s . John J. Nash and John R. Halpin, Vice-Presidents; William J. Norman, John Maher, Dermot P. Shaw, Terence de Vere White, Francis J. Lanigan, John J. Sheil, Cornelius J. Daly’ John F. Foley, Desmond J. Mayne, Niall S. Gaffney, George G. Overend, John Carrigan, Arthur Cox, Henry St. J. Blake, James J. O’Connor, Ralph J. Walker, Patrick R. Boyd, Louis E . O’Dea, Francis X . Burke, Sean O hUadhaigh, Peter E. O’Connell, John B. Jermyn, Joseph P. Tyrrell, Patrick F. O’Reilly. The following was among the business transacted : Solicitors’ B ill, 19 5 4 . T h e Council received a deputation from the Dublin Solicitors’ Bar Association and the State Depart­ ments’ Solicitors’ Association which submitted recommendations in regard to a number o f sections in the Bill. The Council adopted a number of these recommendations and undertook to submit them to the Government with a view to having the Bill amended on the Committee Stage. Housing o f the Working Classes Acts. Conveyance by statutory receipt. Costs. T h e Secretary read the following questions su b ­ mitted to counsel by direction o f the Council with counsel’s opinion thereon :—- (a) Will a solicitor acting for a local authority acquiring land for the purpose o f the Housing of the Working Classes Acts be entitled to charge the commission scale fee wherp the land is acquired by voluntary agreement, the assurance being effected by statutory receipt ? The same question was submitted as regards the costs of the solicitor acting for the owner. Counsel advised that no question o f the assurance being effected by a statutory receipt can arise in the case o f an acquisition by agree­ ment and that under the provisions o f section 32 o f the Housing (Amendment) Act, 1948, the Land Registration Rules, and the Solici­ tors’ Remuneration General Orders, the solicitors for the owner and tne purchaser are entitled to the commission scale fee. (b) Will the solicitor acting for a local authority acquiring land for the purpose o f the said Acts compulsorily without any agreement be entitled to charge the commission scale fee where the assurance is effected by way of statutory receipt? The same question was submitted as regards the costs of the solicitor acting for the owner.

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