The Gazette 1958-61

PROCEEDINGS AGAINST UNQUALIFIED PERSON

At the Book-keeping Examination for apprentices to solicitors held on the 2yth day of February the following passed the examination : Passed with Merit: lain R. Farrell, (B.C.L.) Passed: Joseph L. Dundon, Fintan Earley (B.C.L.); Mary G. Hanna (B.C.L.); John G. Lanigan (B.C.L.) ; William E. Leahy, Oliver D. McArdle. 16 candidates attended ; y passed. At the First Law Examination for apprentices to solicitors held on the 6th and yth days of February the following passed the examination : Passed with Merit: Henry Owen Comerford. Passed: Henry C. P, Barry, Thomas O. Boyle, Scan de Burca (B.A.) ; Malachy F. Concanon (B.A., B. Comm.) ; Robert Cussen (B.C.L.); Michael N. Dolan, Graham M. Golding (B.A.Mod.) ; James A. . Harte, John S. Horgan, John M. W. Lenahan, Garrett P. Lombard, Thomas J. Macken, Neil M. Matthews, John C. O'Donnell, Thomas J. M. O'Donoghue, Carmel O'Halloran, Christopher T. N. O'Meara. 32 candidates attended ; 18 passed. The Centenary prize was not awarded. At the Second Law Examination for apprentices to solicitors held on the yth, 8th and 9th days of February the following passed the examination : Passed: Michael J. P. Alien, Mary P. M. Berkery, Mary Binchy (B.A.) ; Michael B. Creed (B.C.L.) ; John V. P. Cresswell (B.A., LL.B.) ; James J. Dennison, Ailin A. Gibbons (B.C.L.) ; Lewis J. Goldberg, Owen Mulholland, Denis M. McDowell (B.C.L.); James A. O'Donohoe, James G. Orange (B.C.L., LL.B.) ; James I. Sexton. 25 candidates attended ; 13 passed. At the Third Law Examination for apprentices to solicitors held on the 9th, loth and nth days of February the following passed the examination : Passed with Merit: Michael J. Browne) B.A.) ; Maurice R. Curran (B.C.L., LL.B.) Passed: Oliver J. Conlon, James J. Dennison, Joseph Gilmartin, Rory M. Hogan (B.C.L.); Francis J. O'Mahony, James G. Orange, Daire Walsh. 13 candidates attended ; 9 passed. On the combined results of the Second and Third Law Examinations the Council has awarded a Silver Melal to Maurice R. Curran (B.C.L., LL.B.) and a Special Certificate to Michael J. Browne (B.A.).

In the Dublin District Court on March izth on proceedings brought by the Society Messrs. Bruton Limited of 5 Henry Street, Dublin and Moira Healy a servant of the defendant-company were convicted on summonses brought under Section 64 of the Solicitors Act 1954 in respect of a letter issued by the defendant company and signed by the other defendant which the Justice held was such as to imply that the body corporate was qualified or recognised by law as qualified to act as a solicitor. The Justice imposed fines of £25 on the defendant company and .£10 on the other defendant. EXAMINATION RESULTS At the Preliminary Examination for intending apprentices to solicitors held on the yth and 8th days of February 1961 the following candidate passed the examination. John M. Fitzpatrick i Candidate attended ; i passed. At examinations held on 3rd February, 1961 under the Solicitors Act, 1954, the following candidates passed. First Examination in Irish: Henry C. L. St. John Blake, Thomas J. Colgan, Francis D. Daly, Patrick E. Dooley, Thomas W. Enright, Joseph G. Finnegan, John M. Fitzpatrick, Barry St. John Galvin, William B. Glynn, Mary T. Griffin, Mary Margaret Harvey, George B. Holland (B.A.), Paul W. Keogh, Gerard A. Kirwan, John B. D. Lacy, Patrick J. Lavan, Michael R. Law, Thomas A. Menton, Kieran C. McDermott, Thomas D. J. O'Brien, Mathew Purcell, Austin Turnbull, Anne D. Walsh, Brian A. F. Woodcock. 2.6 candidates attended ; 24 passed. Second Examination in Irish: Mary Binchy (B.A.), Maurice R. Curran (B.C.L., LL.B.), Michael G. Dickson, Joseph L. Dundon, Charles E. Gavin, Anthony C. Gore Grimes, Mary Grace Hanna (B.C.L.), John Jay (B.A., (Mod) LL.B.), David O'N Kiely, William J. P. Kirwan (B.C.L.), John G. Lanigan (B.C.L.), Dermot Loftus, Oliver D. McArdle, James R. O'Donnell, Roderick D. O'Donnell, James L. O'KeefFe, Francis J. O'Mahony, David A. Potterton, Martin T. Ruane (B.C.L.), Thomas K. Smith (B.C.L.), Peter John Woods. zi candidates attended; 21 passed, 9°