The Gazette 1955-58

Vol. 51 No. 9

March, 1958

THE GAZETTE of the INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND President JOHN CARRIGAN Vice-Presidents JOHN R. HALPIN, FRANCIS J. LANIGAN Secretary ERIC A. PLUNKETT

FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS

MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FEBRUARY ZJTH : The President in the Chair. Also present: Messrs. John R. Halpin and Francis J. Lanigan, Vice-Presidents ; Desmond J. Collins, James J. O'Connor, Thomas A. O'Reilly, Ralph J. Walker, Patrick R. Boyd, George G. Overend, Cornelius J. Daly, John Maher, Peter E. O'Connell, Joseph P. Tyrrell, Eunan McCarron, William Dillon Leetch, Derrick M. Martin, Edward Treacy, Arthur Cox, George A. Nolan, John J. Sheil, Niall S. Gaffney, Terence de Vere White, Robert McD. Taylor, Patrick O'Donnell, Patrick Noonan, Dermot P. Shaw, John J. Nash, William J. V. Comerford, James W. O'Donovan. The following was among the business transacted : Land Commission Costs THE Council heard a report from a deputation which met officials of the Land Commission to discuss the question of costs. The deputation had submitted inter alia that the scale of costs under the Provisional Rules 1924, which now stand at 25 per cent, above the 1939 level of costs, is inadequate and pressed for an increase. The officials had agreed that a case had been made for an increase, but the deputation had to report that no satisfactory progress

had been made although the matter has been under discussion since 1956. It had been pointed out in the course of the discussion that the official cost-of- living index figure average for 1957 showed an increase of 150 per cent, over 1939, and that civil- service salaries as a whole had risen by 139 per cent., and that it was self-evident that an increase of 25 per cent, could not compensate solicitors for Land Commission work. It was decided that further representations should be made. New Schedule II THE Council considered and approved a draft of a new General Order to be submitted to the Statutory Body under the Solicitors Remuneration Act, 1881. Taxation of Costs. Change of Solicitor. Acting for client of opposing Solicitor MEMBER acted for the successful litigant in certain proceedings in which his client was awarded costs. He was subsequently informed that the opposing solicitor would not be appearing for the other party on the taxation of his party and party costs. He was subsequently approached by the unsuccessful party and requested to appear on the taxation of the solicitor and own client bill of costs received by 89