The Gazette 1955-58

JUNE, 1957

Vol. 51 No. 2

THE GAZETTE of the INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND

President NIALL S. GAFFNEY

StcTitary ERIC A. PLUNKETT

Vice-frtsidenti DESMOND J. COLLINS CHARLES J. DOWNING

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MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL MAY 30TH: The President in the Chair. Also present John R. Halpin, D. J. Mayne, C. E. Callan, Joseph P. Tyrrell, Ralph J. Walker, Patrick R. Boyd, Peter D. O'Connell, Francis J. Lanigan, John Carrigan, Desmond J. Collins, Charles J. Downing, W. J. Comerford, John Maher, John J. Shell, Dermot P. Shaw, George G. Overend, F. X. Burke, Thomas A. O'Reilly, Terence de Vere White, Arthur Cox, James R. Quirke, George A. Nolan. The following was among the business transacted. Costs of debt collection work. A COMMITTEE to which this matter had been re ferred reported that having consulted a number of solicitors to carry on debt collection work they had come to the conclusion that it would be im possible to frame a satisfactory scale of costs for non-contentious business. It was recommended that no action be taken other than publishing in the Gazette a statement of the ruling recently given

(Gazette February, 1957 page 68) that a solicitor should not accept from a client costs lower than the statutory party and party costs for contentious debt collection work. The report was adopted. Circuit Court. Travelling expenses. THE Committee considered a report from a Com mittee on a suggestion by a Bar Association that the Society should approach the Circuit Court Rules Committee requesting them to make a new rule providing for the allowance of travelling expenses as between party and party in addition to the statutory costs. The Committee stated that they were informed that in some circuits the County Registrar will allow travelling expenses as between party and party in cases in which the costs are taxed on the scale in the High Court less one fifth, by analogy with the practice under the High Court Rules 1926 appendix II item 194 but that this practice is not followed everywhere. The Com mittee stated that in their opinion the matter was suitable for representations by Bar Associations if advised to the County Registrar or if necessary