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1957 or "The basis of the power of an agent in cases of actual and apparent authority" to an address to Queen's University matriculation students in 1955. Of this latter address, Professor Hanbury uses the word "gem", and mentions that it would be unthinkable to consign it to oblivion. The title of the book is taken from the first sel ection in the book—a book review of Professor R. Cross' work on "Precedent in English Law". This book is well worth reading, bringing out, as it does, the very best of Montrose, and nowhere is this more apparent than in his essay on the Scope of Jurisprudence, an essay made all the more remarkable by the fact that it was written by Professor Montrose while "in the Camcron High lands without any authorities being available". James O'Reilly, B.C.L., LL.B. SOLICITORS' APPRENTICES' NEWS Examinations The new lay-out for the First, Second and Third Law Examination, which was proposed by the Liaison Committee to the Court of Examiners at the meeting held on 28th March last, will come into effect in September. It has been received by the Solicitors Apprentices with universal acclaim. With the kind help of Mr. Fitzpatrick and the office staff three hundred copies of the new lay out were printed and were distributed to the apprentices by the members of the Liaison Committee. The examination subjects will now be taken in the following order: Practice and Procedure of Circuit and District Court, (3rd Law); Contract, (1st Law); Conveyancing, (2nd Law); Commercial Law, (3rd Law); Law of Real Property (1st Law); Company Law, (2nd Law); Probate and Executor- ship Law, (3rd Law); Law of Tort, )lst Law); Equity, (2nd Law); Criminal Law and Evidence, (3rd Law); Practice and Procedure of Supreme and High Courts, (2nd Law); Tax Law (3rd Law). The last date for entry for the September Law Examinations is August 18th, the examinations start on Monday 8th September and end on Satur day 13th September. At the same meeting of March 28th last, it was agreed that an extra Book-keeping examination will be held in the Autumn. It will be held on September 29th, the last day for entry being 8th September. This extra examination will be of special value to those apprentices who, having done their "Final" have still to do the book keeping examination, before this year they would have had to wait until the following February, they will now be able to qualify that much earlier. 38

The effect of the Order will be that, as on and from the 1st January, 1970, any conveyance on sale of freehold land or grant or assignment on sale of a leasehold interest in land (being an interest under a lease with more than 21 years to run) in these Counties will not vest the estate or interest pur ported to be conveyed, granted or assigned unless, within six months, the purchaser becomes regis tered as owner in the Land Registry. The period of six months may be extended by the Registrar of Titles or by the court where circumstances warrant. Most of the agricultural land has already been registered compulsorily and the Order will mainly affect urban land in these counties. It will be noted that the obligation to register applies only on the occasion of a sale and that the duty of registering rests on the purchaser. The Order is the first step in the implementation of the Minister's policy, as enshrined in the 1964 Act, that the title to all land in the State should ultimately be registered in the Land Registry. Compulsory registration will be extended to addit ional counties according to the capacity of the Land Registry to handle the additional work. BOOK REVIEW 'Precedent In English Law and other Essays' by Professor James Louis Montrose, edited by Professor H. G. Hanbury. Irish University Press, 1968. This book consists of a selection of the work of Professor J. L. Montrose, Dean of the faculty of Law, Queen's University, Belfast 1934-1963, with an important introduction by H. G. Hanbury, Vinerian Professor Emeritus of English Law in The University of Oxford. The volume itself is a tribute to the memory of Professor Montrose and comprises various articles, essays and book re views he delivered over his long and distinguished career as a teacher of law. The advantage of this book is that it takes the best of Professor Montrose and presents it to the reader in an easy accessible form, otherwise the student would have to sift through numerous publications, not always avail able, to arrive at the same end. The book has also the added merit of containing an index of all the other known work of Professor Montrose. The introduction of Professor Hanbury con tains a short biographical note on the life, academic and otherwise, of Professor Montrose as well as a valuable comment on each of the nineteen selection in this book. The selection themselves contain a wide cross section of his work, varying from a detailed consideration of the Cheques Act