The Gazette 1955-58

Vol. 51 No. 4

August-September, 1957

THE GAZETT of the INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND PruiJtnt NIALL S. GAFFNEY Vict-PrtiidentJ Stcrttary ERIC A. PLUNKETT

DESMOND J. COLLINS CHARLES J. DOWNING

FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS

MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL JULY i8TH : The President in the Chair. Also present Messrs. James R. Quirke, Louis Walsh, John J. Nash, John R. Halpin, George G. Overend, Ralph J. Walker, John Maher, Peter E. O'Connell, Reginald J. Nolan, Francis X. Burke, Thomas A. O'Reilly, Patrick R. Boyd, Christopher Gore-Grimes, Robert v McD. Taylor, Joseph P. Tyrrell, George A. Nolan, Dermot P. Shaw, Desmond J. Collins, John Carrigan William J. V. Comerford, Derrick M. Martin, Francis J. Lanigan, Scan O'hUadhaigh, Charles J. Downing, John J. Sheil, Christopher E. Callan, Terence de Vere White. The following was among the business transacted : Law Clerks Joint Labour Committee MR. Ralph J. Walker was appointed as one of the Society's representatives on the Committee in place of Mr. Patrick F. O'Reilly. Lessor's costs of consent to granting of sub-lease. MEMBERS asked for a direction from the Council as to whether a lessee is liable to pay the costs of the superior lessor of joining or concurring in a sub­

lease where the agreement is silent as to costs. The Council having considered the analogous case of a mortgagee consenting to a lease made by the mortgagor and the available authorities decided that the custom of the profession is that in the absence of stipulation to the contrary the lessee pays the lessor's costs of obtaining the consent or concurrence of the superior lessor. High Court on circuit A letter from the secretary to the Chief Justice was read stating that the Chief Justice and the President of the High Court have determined that the High Court will go on circuit in July 1957 but that the half-yearly sittings for the High Court on circuit for the year 1958 shall be held in the month of March and October. The arrangement will be experimental and its continuance in future years will depend on whether it is found satisfactory. UNQUALIFIED PERSON PREPARING LETTING AGREEMENT MEMBERS reported to the Society the facts of a case in which a house agent had prepared a letting agreement of a furnished flat on behalf of the 35