The Gazette 1955-58

April, 1958

Vol. 51 No. 10

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

three extraordinary members of the Council. This would require an amendment of the Charters. The Coancil approved of the recommendation in the report. APRIL IOTH : The President in the Chair. Also present: Messrs. Halpin, Burke, Overend, Gaffney, Lanigan, Walker, O'Connor, Daly, O'Reilly, Shaw, Noonan, Doyle, Nolan, Collins, Quirke, McCarron, O'Connell, Maher, Tyrell, Comerford, Dillon- Leetch, Sheil, Taylor, Nolan, Nash, Mayne. The following was among the business transacted : O o Taxation of Executor's Costs. Right of Resid uary Legatee. MEMBERS inquired whether there is any, and if so what authority for a claim by a sole residuary legatee to have delivered to him particulars of the costs of administration of an estate for which the executor-trustees are responsible and to which they have agreed. The estate in question has been administered and the residue been ascertained and paid. If the legatee is entitled to particulars, must he pay the costs of copying and furnishing the bill? On a report from the Committee the Council stated that in their opinion a Court has power under 101

MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL MARCH ZOTH : The President in the Chair. Also present: Messrs. Halpin, Cox, Nolan, Lanigan, Walker, Daly, Nash, Maher, O'Connell, Callan, McCarron, Hayes, O'Connor, Quirke, Nolan O'Reilly, Taylor, Martin, de Vere White, Sheil, Collins, Overend, Downing, Burke, O'Donnell, Boyd, Shaw, Gaffney, Treacy, Tyrell, and Noonan. The following was among the business transacted : District Court Rules Committee MR. EDWARD H. BYRNE was appointed as one of the Society's representatives on the Committee in place of the late Mr. Cecil G. Vanston. Irish Banks Joint Standing Committee THE Council heard a report from a deputation which attended a further conference with the Standing Committee. The report was approved. Further consideration was adjourned until the next meeting of the Council. Dublin Solicitors' Bar Association THE Council considered a report from the Committee which recommended that the Dublin Solicitors' Bar Association should have the right to nominate