The Gazette 1955-58

(«) the second law examination held tiwce yearly in spring and autumn. The subjects will be the practice and procedure of the Supreme Court and High Court (except probate), company law, the law and practice of con veyancing, land law (including Landlord and Tenant, the Rent Restrictions Acts, Reg istration of Titles and Deeds, and the Land Acts, but excluding land purchase), and equity. The examination may be taken after 12 months from the date of passing the first law exam ination and not earlier than six months before being eligible to attend the third law exam ination hereinafter mentioned. (f) the third law examination held twice yearly in spring and autumn on the law of wills, and intestacy probate and administration of estates contentious and non-contentious, tax ation (including death duties), criminal law and practice, law of evidence, and com mercial law (the Bills of Exchange Acts, Sale of Goods Acts, Hire Purchase Acts, insurance excluding marine insurance) and the practice of the Circuit and District Courts. The examination may be taken at any time within six months before the expiration of the term of indentures or thereafter. 3. Lectures. (a) University lectures. Before attending the first law examination an apprentice must produce to the Society a certificate of credit for a year's course of lectures at a university approved by the Society in the law of real and personal property, contract and tort and before attending the second law examination you must produce a certificate of credit from a University for attendance at a year's course of lectures in equity. (b) In addition to the university law lectures an apprentice must attend a year's course of lectures at the Society by the Society's lecturers in each of the following subjects : Course A. Conveyancing law and practice and land law. Course B. The procedure and practice of the Courts. Course C. Company law and executorship law and practice. Course D. Taxation including death duties. Course E. Book-keeping and the rights, duties and responsibilities of solicitors.

(a) the house shall not be sold if it is untenanted and shall only be sold subject to the tenancy existing at the time of the sale; ^ (b) the house shall not be sold to the tenant; (f) the purchaser shall give to the Minister an undertaking that he will not sell the house within a period of 15 years from the date of the first undertaking given. 11. No grant will be paid by the Minister unless he has received the aforementioned undertaking that the house will not be sold within the 15 years and that he is satisfied that the house has been completed in a proper and workmanlike manner and that it has been let in accordance with these regulations. NOTICE TO SOLICITORS' APPRENTICES 1. New regulations will come into operation on ist September, 1956, and are printed in the Society's Calendar and Law Directory. Copies may also be obtained from the Government Publications Sales Office, G.P.O. Arcade, Dublin. (S.I. No. 217/1955). 2. Examinations. The following examinations will be held :— (a) the first Irish examination to be passed before entering into indentures. The examination is held three times yearly in winter, summer and autumn. (V) the first law examination in the subject of real and personal property, the law of contract and the law of tort held twice yearly in spring and autumn. The standard of the examination in these subjects will be final level and an apprentice who passes the examination will not be examined again in these subjects except on certain branches of the law of contract under the heading commercial law. The examination may be taken at any time after two years' service under indentures. (i) the book-keeping examination held twice yearly in spring and autumn. The examination may be taken at any time after three years' service under indentures. (d) the second Irish examination held three times yearly in winter, summer and autumn. The examination may be taken within two years before the expiration of the term of apprenticeship or within two years before admission.