The Gazette 1967/71

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improvements made

16. Compensation the tenant 17. (a) Transmission, for

(1 ) Covenant to insure. (in) Covenants against making improvements or alterations. 5. The transfer of the benefit and burden of covenants.

devolu

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assignment

tion of interests

and (b) The effect on covenants of transmission, assignment or devolution Money Talks! 14th March, 1968 Dr. Noel O'Reilly, Secretary, Irish Medical Association, 10, Fitzwilliam Place, DUBLIN 2. re : Fees for Medical Reports Dear Dr. O'Reilly, We have received two complaints recently from a practitioner in County Tipperary who intimated to us that he acted on behalf of the proposed plaintiff. Before a statement of claim could be drafted and settled by Counsel it was necessary to have the report on which to base a claim. In each of the instances referred to an Eye Specialist's report was required. In one case the solicitor was requested to forward a fee of 6 guineas in advance of a report. The other case concerned an examination and report which an Eye Specialist stated would be undertaken on receipt of a fee of 8 guineas. The solicitor informed each doctor that the clients were labourers and unable to pay in ad vance. Furthermore, the solicitor informed the doctors that their fees would be paid out of the damages. Our members considers it unfair and unreasonable that solicitors should be expected to underwrite doctor's fees. We should be obliged to know if the practise of the doctors is customary and looked upon with favour by your Association. Yours faithfully, ERIC A. PLUNKETT, Secretary. The following reply was received on 8th May, 1968: 8th May, 1968 Re : Fees for Medical Reports Dear Mr. Plunkett, In reply to your letter of the 14th March, 1968, the Irish Medical Association cannot accept that doctors' fees for medical reports should be dependent upon the successful outcome of a case. The doctor is asked to report on facts and 27

6. Dissolution of the tenancy (a) by Effluxion of time.

(b) by action of the landlord. (i) Notice to quit,

(ii) Demand of possession, (iii) Forfeiture.

(c) Effect of legislation : (i) Rent Acts.

(ii) Landlord and Tenant Act, 1931. (iii) Reversionary Leases Act, 1958.

(d) by action of the tenant: (i) Disclaimer, (ii) Surrender.

7. Actions to recover possession of land (a) Ejectment for non-payment of rent. (b) Ejectment for overholding. (c) Ejectment on the title. 8. Actions by and against Assignees. 9. Fixtures 10. Waste 11. Boundaries and fences 12. Rights to retain possession given by statue : (a) Rent Acts. (b) Landlord and Tenant Act, 1931. (c) Landlord and Tenant (Reversionary Leases). 13. The tenant's right to enfranchise given by the Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) Act, 1967 (a) The persons entitled to acquire the fee simple. (b) The rights which are given. (c) The machinery provided. (d) The costs of acquiring the fee simple. 14. The statutes of limitations in so far as they affect the relationship of landlord and tenant 15. Frustration of the letting in the event of destruction of the premises