The Gazette 1967/71

Battery Road, Longford; Cornelius Cronin, Kil- murray, Lissarda, Go. Cork; Rosemary Durcan, 57, Dartmouth Square, Dublin; Patrick D. Fal- lon, 56, Knocknashee, Goatstown, Go. Dublin; Thomas F. Farrell, B.C.L., LL.B. (N.U.I.), Clash, Tralee, Go. Kerry; Patrick Fitzgibbon, B.G.L., LL.B. (N.U.I.), 22,'William Street, Listowel, Co. Kerry; Thomas D. Fleming, B.G.L., LL.B. (N.U.I.), Rossdarrig, Gastleknock, Co. Dublin; Conor G. Foley, B.C.L., LL.B. (N.U.I.), Gort, Co. Galway; Brian G. Geraghty, B.A., B. Comm., H.Dip., LL.B. (N.U.I.), "Galmon", Taylor's Hill, Galway. (Mrs.) Avice M. A. Harrington. B.G.L. (N.U.I.), 24, Alien Park Drive, Stillorgan, Go. Dublin; Catherine M. L. Harrington, B.C.L. (N.U.I.), "Youghal's House", Clonakilty, Go. Cork; Elizabeth Heffernan, B.C.L. (N.U.I.), Puddingfield, Tipperary; Anthony M. D. Kirwan, 3/5, Suffolk Street, Dublin; Francis P. Malone, 136, Mount Prospect Ave., Glontarf, Dublin (Patrick O'Connor Memorial Prize); Michael Martin, "Hillview", Kilcullen Road, Naas, Co. Kildare; James P. Mulhern, L.Ph., M.A. (N.U.I.) Ballymabin, Dunmore East, Co. Waterford; Kieran M.F. Murphy, The Square, Gort, Co. Galway; Timothy A. Murphy, The Square, Abbeyfeale, Go. Limerick; John F. Neilan (Jnr.), Abbey Street, Roscommon; John T. D. O'Dwyer, Bally- haunis, Co. Mayo; Edmund F. Seery, 19, St. Martins Park, Lr. Kimmage Rd., Dublin; John A. Sheedy, B.G.L. (N.U.I.), Sungari, Mountrath, Co. Laois; Aveen M. J. Smith, 247, Navan Road, Dublin; Valeric J. M. Walsh, "Valmar", Herbert Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin. Findlater Scholarship William O. H. Frv, B.A., LL.B. (T.C.D.), "Kinlough", Torquay Rd., Foxrock, Dublin. Scan OhUadhaigh Memorial Prize Colm M. K. McGeehin, Meenagoland, Ballina- more, Co. Donegal. SOCIETY'S STANDARD OF CONDITIONS OF SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION AND PRIVATE CONTRACT The Council recently sought the opinion of Counsel to settle the standard forms of contract on several questions raised by members. The Standard Conditions provide (Private Contract Clause 22; Public Auction Clause 24) that any outstanding legal estate shall be traced and got in by the purchaser at his own expense. It was represented that this might, in some cases, cause

hundred the country. There is therefore an ample supply of potential masters. There is therefore no limitation official or otherwise on entry to our profession. It is usual for a President on an occasion like this to give some advice to the newly admitted solicitors. I hesitate to do so, I am quite satisfied that having seen some of the examinations they had to pass that they are better qualified to advise me. Iwould like to make one suggestion and I hope my colleagues in the city will forgive me this little self indulgence. It has always been recommended by the Society and by my prede cessors that a newly admitted solicitor should not set up in practice on his own straight away but that he should see practice for a year or two with an established firm, either as an assistant or as a junior partner. I appeal to and advise these newly admitted solicitors today to try and see that practice in the country. There are very many solicitors throughout the country parti cularly in the western portions of the country who are finding it very difficult to get assistants. Every body wants to work in a city. That is a great mistake, I assure you that a year or two in a country practice would give you a wealth of ex perience which you cannot possibly get in any other circumstances and I urge those of you who are not already committed to long term engage ments to make it known to our Secretary that you are available for employment in these areas. The only other word of advice I would like to give is this—I said what you have chosen is a profession not only with rights but also with duties and one of these duties is to make your services available to the public. For this you will be paid if the litigant can pay you, but if he cannot, remember we have always been able to say that no litigant with a reasonable case to defend or prosecute and no criminal charged with an offence was ever denied a lawyer to plead his cause solely because of want of money. I thank you all for having listened to me so attentively. I would like to conclude by saying, as this is the last opportunity I will have of speaking from this platform, that it has been the proudest achievement of my life to have had the honour to lead this profession for the past year and I trust that the same honour and privilege will be in store for many of you who are listening to me so patiently, today. . Parchments were then presented to the follow ing : — Roger P. Ballagh, 209, Upper Rathmines Road, Dublin; Patrick D. M. Branigan, Ard Muire, solicitors practicing throughout