The Gazette 1967/71

BOOK REVIEWS The Compleat Conveyancer by lan McD. Wright, Solicitor; with illustrations by Angela de Courcy Wright (Fleet and Maxwell); I/-. This interesting exercise in public relations ex plains its purpose in its sub-title "What your solicitor is up to—a few rays of light on the mystery". It explains in an entertaining manner each stage of the normal conveyancing transaction and pinpoints the pitfalls that exist at each stage. It explains those causes of delay which may arise despite the solicitor's best efforts. The client is told the part he is expected to play in the trans action and answers all the usual questions from "Why can't I get into possession now?" to "Can I take the kitchen sink with me?" The more impor tant messages are driven home with the aid of Mrs. Wright's amusing cartoons. At a time when the profession has been criticised for excessive charges on conveyancing this pam phlet goes a long way towards showing just how much work is involved. One or two copies in your waitingroom would make pleasant and informa tive reading, and should save you a lot of explana tions. Have some spare copies available, for even those clients who are not men of property will enjoy reading this and may well take a copy home. Available in fifties only, price £2-10-0 per fifty, from the publishers. Report of the Committee on the Enforcement of Judgment Debts (Cmnd. 3909). Published by H.M. Stationery Office; 41/-. The committee recommend the abolition of im prisonment to enforce payment of civil debts, though not unanimously, and recommends new procedures for their enforcement. The most interesting proposal, however, was for the establishment of Enforcement Offices at all County Courts the duty of which would be the enforcing of orders for money payments made by the Courts. Attachment of earnings as a means of enforcing maintenance orders was introduced in England in 1958 and it was suggested by the committee that this should be extended to all civil debts. Once a creditor has applied to enforce a judgment debt it is envisaged that the enforce ment office would make a general enforcement order which would oblige a debtor to answer the office's inquiries as to his means and notify changes of address or employment. A deduction along the same lines as P.A.Y.E. would then be made from his salary. Another proposal is that the debtor's assets should be fairly distributed among all his creditors.

Thus all money recovered during the enforcement would be paid to the enforcement office and creditors who received money directly from the debtor would have to pay this money to the office to enable equal distribution. The report contains many other interesting sug gestions and proposals and some interesting statis tics on debtors.

THE REGISTRY Register A

Wanted—Assistant solicitor for Cork city firm of solici tors. Good salary and conditions for suitable applicant. Reply stating experience (if any) to Box No. A267. Assistant Solicitor wanted in Minister provincial town. General practice. Apply stating experience to Box No. A268. Register C For Sale—Full set of Irish Jurist Reports. Box No. C195. In the Goods of William Bloomer, late of Corradocy, Longford, Co. Longford, Pensioner, deceased. Will any solicitor having knowledge of a will made by the above-named who died on the 1st March 1969, please communicate with the undersigned solicitors for the next-of-kin. Patrick J. Connellan and Co., Solicitors, Church Street, Longford. REGISTRATION OF TITLE ACT, 1964 Issue of New Land Certificate Applications have been received from the registered owners mentioned in the Schedule annexed hereto, for the issue of Certificates of Title in substitution for the original Certificates issued in respect of the lands speci fied in the said Schedule, which original Certificates, it is alleged, have been lost or inadvertently destroyed. A new Certificate will be issued in each case, except a case in respect of which notification is received in this Registry within 28 days from the publication of this notice, that the Certificate of Title is still in existence, and in the custody of some person other than the registered owner. Any such notification should state the grounds on which such Certificate is being held. Dated the 24 th day of March 1969. D. L. McALLISTER. Registrar of Titles, Central Office, Land Registry, Chancery Street, Dublin. SCHEDULE 1. Registered owner, Timothy O'Connell. Folio num ber 25462. County Cork. Lands of BallinguiKy in the Barony of Muskerry East, containing 98a. Ir. 36p. 2. Registered owner, Reverend Patrick Commins and others. Folio number 323. County Waterford. Lands of Spring (Marquis) in the Barony of Dceies-without-Drum, containing 15a. 2r. lOp. 3. Registered owner, Joseph Brock Folio number 1363. County King's. Lands of Kilduff in the Barony of Philipstown Lower, containing 287 a. Or. 36p. 4. Registered owner, James Flynn. Folio number 47292. County Galway. Lands of Kilmacshane (Turbett), 103