The Gazette 1967/71

CORRESPONDENCE CHARITIES Commissioners of Charitable

The programme created interest in all parts of the country and many solicitors have expressed their support for the Foundation's work. As a result we have already received a bequest of £1,000 and a number of small bequests. I enclose a copy of our quarterly newsletter. Croi, and our latest booklet on the Foundation which sets out its record and plans. I hope that the programme will receive your support and that you will feel able to recommend the Foundation to those who seek your advice as to charitable bequests. The staff of the Foundation will gladly provide further information and your co-operation will be greatly appreciated. Yours sincerely, GERALD HICKEY. For Legacy and Bequests Committee.

Donations and Bequests for Ireland, 128 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2. llth December 1968.

To: The Editor, Solicitors Gazette, Incorporated Law Society of Ireland, Solicitors Buildings, Four Courts, Dublin 7.

Section 53 of the Charities Act, 1961 Dear Sir, The commissioners wish to draw the attention of the legal profession to Section 53 (1) of the Charities Act, 1961, which provides that, before any legal proceedings in relation to any charity are commenced by any person, except the Attorney General, that person shall transmit to the com missioners notice in writing of the proposed legal proceedings and such information as may be re quisite or proper or may be required from time to time by the commissioners for explaining the nature and objects thereof. The commissioners have noted that non-com pliance with this section in a number of cases has resulted in delay in the proceedings and expense to the charity concerned. The usual practice of the commissioners is to accept a copy of the originating summons and of the affidavit grounding the same as adequate notice of the proceedings. Yours faithfully, J. S. MARTIN. Secretary.

BANK GIRO

Incorporated Law Society of Ireland, 22nd November 1968.

To: The Secretary, Irish Banks Standing Committee, Bank of Ireland, College Green, Dublin 2. Bank Giro Dear Sir,

We have received letters from some of our members who arc concerned about the new pro cedure for making payments direct into customer's accounts. Solicitors are often instructed to issue proceedings on the basis of information supplied bv customers. Solicitors also receive large amounts of clients' monies daily or weekly. There are two difficulties associated with a new procedure : 1. If a debtor of the client of a solicitor makes a payment direct into the solicitor's account or the creditor's account proceedings may be instituted for monies which are irrecoverable. 2. There is also the danger that clients' monies lodged direct into a solicitor's account might reach the wrong account. The new procedure may cause serious inconveni ence and difficulty to solicitors and I shall be obliged if you will let me know if it is possible for an individual solicitor or firm to instruct his bank not to receive payments made direct into his account through the Bank Giro system, and whether such instructions will be carried out. Yours faithfully, ERIC A. PLUNKETT. Secretary. 94

BEQUESTS

Irish Heart Foundation. 4 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. 1st January 1969.

To: Eric A. Plunkett, Esq. Solicitors Buildings, Four Courts, Dublin 7. Dear Mr. Plunkett, Last summer Lord Iveagh introduced to the legal profession the Foundation's Legacy and Bequest Programme.