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the case should be decided on the known fact of marriage, of which evidence would be admitted on the appeal; accordingly, the damages assessed would be reduced by one half to £2,000, a figure which, in the opinion of the Court of Appeal, was as much as the trial judge would have awarded had he known that the re-marriage was likely to take place as early as it did. Per Harman, L.J., and Pearson, L.J. : we do not decide what the position would have been if the re-marriage had occurred after the expiry of the time limited for serving notice of appeal. (Curwen v. James and Others.) (1963, 2 All E.R. page 619.) Whether victimisation of a witness amounts to contempt of Court. In an action against a landlord his tenant was subpoenad by the landlord's opponent in litigation and gave evidence against the landlord. The next day the landlord gave the tenant notice to quit. In an action by the tenant against the landlord for damages the county court judge found that the landlord's motive in giving the tenant notice was desire to punish the tenant for having given evidence against him. The county court judge awarded damages to the tenant on the basis that an action for damages for contempt of court was maintainable in law. On appeal, HELD (Lord Denning, M.R., dissenting) : An action for damages did not lie for contempt of court in the present case, because (a) the object of the court's jurisdiction to punish for contempt of court was the protection of the administration of justice, not the protection of the individual affected, and (b) the same act (viz., in the present case, the giving of notice to quit) could not be both lawful and unlawful, viz., valid in the sphere of contract and wrongful in the sphere of tort. The Court considered the dicta of Lord Denning, M.R., in A.G. v. Butterworth (1962 3 All E.R., page 329). A short note of this case is published in the Society's GAZETTE for October/November, 1962, at page 47. (Chapman v. Honig) 1963 2 All E.R. p. 513. REGISTRATION OF TITLE ACTS, 1891 AND 1942 Issue of New Land Certificate Applications have been received from the registered owners mentioned in the Schedule annexed hereto, for the issue of Certificates of Title in substitution for the original Certificates issued in respect of the lands specified in the said Schedule, which original Certificates, it is alleged, have been lost or inadvertently destroyed.

A new Certificate will be issued in each case, except a case in respect of which notification is received in this Registry within 28 days from the publication of this notice, that the Certificate of Title is still in existence, and in the custody of some person other than the registered owner. Any such notification should state the grounds on which such Certificate is being held. Dated the i6th day of September, 1963. D. L. McALLISTER, Registrar of Titles. SCHEDULE. 1. Registered Owner, Katie Leahy, Folio number 1401. County Limerick. Lands of Grange East in the Barony of Clanwilliam containing 28a. or. 29p. 2. Registered Owner, Michael J. Hanley, Folio number 11867. County Roscommon. Lands of Carrowcrin in the Barony of Ballintobber South containing icoa. or. 3op. ADMISSION AS SOLICITORS 1st August, 1962 to 31st July, 1963. Name Service with Central Office, Land Registry, Chancery Street, DUBLIN.

BLAKE, BRUCE F. ST. JOHN, B.A., LL.B. Eyre Square, Galway. BOURKE, SEAN, B.A., B.C.L., 40 Dartry Road, Rathmines, Dublin. GALLERY, PETER J., Cloonahee House, Elphin, Co. Roscommon. CHAPMAN, COLIN A., B.A., The Cliff, Tramore, Co. Waterford. CONNELLAN, PATRICK J., Church Street, Longford. CUSSEN, ROBERT McC., B.C.L., Newcastle West, Co. Limerick. DICKSON MICHAEL J., B.A. (Mod.), LL.B., 9 Nutley Park, Dublin. DILLON LEETCH, THOMAS A., B.C.L., T3allyhaunis, Co. Mayo.

FRANCIS DEVINE and HARRY McCRACKEN, 89 St. Stephen's Green and HENRY ST. J. BLAKE and GEORGE J. GERAGHTY, Galway. JAMES V. AITKEN, 24 Upper Ormond Quay, Dublin. JOHN KELLY, Elphin, Co. Roscommon. WILLIAM E. CHAPMAN, Cathedral Square, Waterford. PATRICK JOSEPH BRANIGAN, Longford. ROBERT J. CUSSEN, Newcastle West, Co. Limerick. GEORGE G. OVEREND, 31 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin. JOHN DILLON-LEETCH, Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo.

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