The Gazette 1964/67

ministrative action, occupiers liability and liability for animals. The Committee would find it very helpful if suggestions for alterations in the law were ac companied by a brief statement of the grounds for the proposal. In conclusion I would add that it is proposed to complete the preliminary list of topics for investigation at the January meeting of the Com mittee and that it will be necessary for suggestions to be received by the undermentioned on or before the 7th day of January, 1967 to enable me to bring them before the Committee at that meeting. K. P. GAY, Law Reform Advisory Committee, Four Courts, Dublin 7. SOCIETY OF YOUNG SOLICITORS Since the last issue of the GAZETTE two ordinary meetings of the Society have been held in Bus- well's Hotel, Molesworth Street, Dublin. The first such meeting was held on Thursday, 27th Octo ber and His Honour Judge Conroy delivered a comprehensive lecture on "Occupational Ten ancies." Mr. P. C. Moore, Solicitor, delivered a lecture on "Mortgages" on Thursday, 24th Nov ember, 1966. There was no lecture in December, instead in January, 1967 there will be two lectures, the first will be on the 5th and the second on the 26th of that month, and the subjects will be "Occupa tional Injuries" and "The Rent Acts. ' To date the publications of the Society number twenty and there are a further seven awaiting approval. The Committee of the Society have decided to print a limited number (480) of each transcript and when stocks are exhausted to with draw the publication and it is anticipated there fore, that very shortly publications 1, 2, 3 and 8 will be out of print as these have each been printed to the maximum number and only a small supply remains in stock. The Society supplied with their circular for November, 1966 a separate list of all publications issued. Subscriptions (£1-1-0) for the 1966/67 year became renewable on 1st October and should have been paid prior to the 1st January, 1967 to the Treasurer at 15 Braemor Park, Dublin 14. Re mittances for subscriptions and transcripts should be drawn in favour of the Society of Young Solicitors. 76

A. Henderson; Honorary Treasurer, E. Rory O'Connor; Honorary Auditors, P. Glynn and E. Crowley. Council Members : Messrs. V. Wolfe, G. A. Williams, R. Knight, G. M. Doyle, M. Kenny, A. O hUadhaigh, P. Golden, D. R. Pigot and Miss T. King. COUNTY REGISTRARS' ASSOCIATION It may be of interest to members to know of the existence of the above Association, of which all the County Registrars' in Ireland are members. The Association is, always, prepared to consider representations from the Incorporated Law Society, or any Bar Association, on matters af fecting the legal profession in so far as the Circuit Court and the general functions and duties of County Registrars, is concerned. The officers for the year 1966/67 are as follows :— Chairman, Thomas G. Grotty, Kilkenny; Hon orary Treasurer, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Tipper- ary; Honorary Secretay, J. R. O'Neill, Cork. Committee : Messrs. N. P. Shee, Limerick; Thomas Clarke, Kerry; Louis Walsh, Donegal; Leo Branigan, Longford and Thomas Costello, Wicklow. LAW REFORM ADVISORY COMMITTEE This Committee under the Chairmanship of the President of the High Court is a voluntary body which has been set up to consider proposals for law reform. The membership of the Com mittee consists of representatives of both branches of the legal profession, the law schools of the universities and the Benchers of the Honourable Society of King's Inns. Proposals for the reform of legal procedure are being considered by an official committee under the Chairmanship of the Honourable Mr. Justice Brian Walsh and accordingly the Law Reform Advisory Committee intends to confine its deliberations to proposals for the improvement of the substance or content of our laws as distinct from the reforms in legal procedure. At this stage the Committee is concerned with drawing up a list of topics for investigation and an order of priorities and it wishes to ascertain the views of organisations which may be pre pared to assist it in this task. To illustrate the matters with which the Com mittee may deal it has been proposed that it should investigate improvements in the law rela ting to the sale of goods, judicial control of ad­