The Gazette 1964/67

COMMITTEE ON IRISH AND COMPARATIVE LAW

with the consent of the Judicial Commissioner, may authorise for the purpose, Now, I, Micheal O Morain, Minister for Lands, pur suant to the said subsection (1) of section 15 of the said Act, with the consent of the Judicial Commissioner, hereby authorise each of the officers named in the Schedule hereto to exercise the aforesaid powers and functions. SCHEDULE Name Official Designation M. P. Gavagan Chief Examiner of the Land Com mission G. L. Collins Examiner of the Land Commission M. G. O'Beirn Examiner of the Land Commission P. Byrne Examiner of the Land Commission Given under my hand this 9th day of Nov ember, 1965. MICHEAL O MORAIX, Minister for Lands. By a similar order dated 8th February the name of Mr. D. M. G. Slattery, Examiner of the Land Commissioner, was added to the above schedule. LAND ACT 1965 Pursuant to the powers conferred on me by Section 16 of the Land Act 1965 and any other pb!wer in that behalf otherwise enabling I hereby direct the Examiners authorised for the purpose of sub-Section (1) of Section 15 of the said Act by the authorisation of the Minister for Lands 'dated the> l 9th day of November 1965 to accept, as the pe¥ibd of commencement of title which the owner,''teriant or other claimant shall be required to deduce, a period of not less than : ' (a) 12 years beginning on the date of a Conveyance, Transfer or Assignment for valuable consideration of the land or hold ing and ending on the date on which the land or tenant's interest therein vested in the Land Commission, or 30 years ending on the date on which the land or tenant's interest therein vested in the Land Commission, whichever is the shorter. Dated this 19th day of November 19^5.' . Signed : THOMAS TEEWiN, ... . Judicial Commissioner 58 (b)

A meeting of the above Committee was con vened by Mr. A. G. Donaldson, Belfast, whose book on Irish and Comparative Law is well- known to members. Mr. Vincent Grogan, S.C., who is the Honorary Treasurer of the Committee presided. The attendance included the Chief Jus tice the Hon. Cearbhall O Dalaigh, Mr. Justice Brian Walsh and Mr. Justice John Kenny. The meetings of the Committee afford an opportunity of lawyers in practice in the two jurisdictions in Ireland (i.e. the Republic and Northern Ireland) to come together and discuss problems of mutual interest. On this occasion Northern Ireland was represented by a much bigger contingent than from the Republic. The Law Schools in Trinity College, Dublin and Queen's University, Belfast were represented but only one representative came from the constituent Colleges of National Uni versity. The matters for discussion were :— (i) the work of the World Peace Through Law Centre; whose work was explained to the meeting by Mr. T. A. Doyle, S.C., Chair man of the Bar Council, Dublin; • (ij) report on the International Congress of , Comparative Law held at Uppsala in August, 1966 by Mr. J. B. McCartney, Lecturer in Law, Queen's University, Bel- .... fast. : There' was a dinner after the meeting and in a very informal and congenial atmosphere problems touching the professions and the law were dis cussed at length. ' Mr. T. C. Smyth and Mr. C. Gavan Duffy represented the Society. LAND COMMISSION The following Orders have been made by the Minister for' Lands regarding the payment of solicitors' costs :— WHEREAS under subsection (1) of section 15 of the Land Act, 1965, notwithstanding any -other provision of the Land Purchase Acts',1 'the powers and functions of the Judicial Commissioner and the Land Commission in relation to the distribution of purchase money (including the certifying under subsection (2) of section 5 of the Land Act, 1923, of sums out of the Costs Fund established under that section) may be exercised by such Examiners .of the Land Commission as the "'Minister,