The Gazette 1967/71

mentioned the Society's memorandum and in particular items (b), (e), (f) and (h) above. Yours faithfully, ERIC A. PLUNKETT, Secretary. topics in

tary control and its implementation in mem ber States. 3. Foreign and Regional Relations in the Community. The effect of the Community on foreign relations and on special relations between member States and certain non-member States or dependencies. 4. Specific Areas of Community Law. Competition law, transport, agriculture and establishment. In this way the special difficulties of each of the candidate countries in these areas would receive urgent investigation as a whole, and the results of such investigations would be presented clearly to the Community authorities.

10th November, 1969.

TO: Eric A. Plunkett, Esq., Secretary, Incorporated Law Society of Ireland, Solicitors' Buildings, Four Courts, Dublin, 7. Dear Mr. Plunkett,

In reply to your letter of 30th ultimo seeking infor mation as to the result of this Committee's consider ation of certain topics mentioned in your Society's memorandum of 1967, I am directed to inform you as follows: (a) Pre-trial procedure Recommendations were made on this topic in the Committee's Third Interim Report entitled Jury Trial in Civil Actions. See paragraphs 40 to 45 of this Report which was published by the Minister for Justice on the 29th April, 1966. (b) Agreed medical reports The Committee's approval of the greater use of agreed reports as evidence, and their recommendation to have compulsory exchange between the parties, before trial, of reports furnished by their respective professional witnesses, are to be found in the part of the Eighth Interim Report dealing with Fees of Pro fessional Witnesses. See paragraphs 29 and 34 (5). This Report was published on 20th March last. (c) Documentary Evidence This topic will be considered in the context of a general examination of the law of evidence which is on the Committee's list of future projects. (d) Two-stage actions The suggestion of having the issues of liability and of damages tried separately was canvassed during the Committee's deliberations prior to the making of the Third Interim Report. The suggestion found no support and accordingly was not pursued. It is noted that your memorandum (received after the Third Interim Report had been published) indicates that your committee "can find no convincing reasons in favour of the adoption of two-stage trials". (e) Fixed dates for trails in High Court and Circuit Court In regard to trials in the Circuit Court, in para graph 51 of the Fifth Interim Report you will find that "The Committee unanimously recommended that cases 95

CORRESPONDENCE

30th October 1969

TO: J. K. Waldron Esq., Secretary, Committee on Court Practice & Procedure,

Four Courts, DUBLIN 7. Dear Sir,

I refer to the report submitted by the Council of this Society to your committee in 1967 dealing with the following matters: (a) Pre.trial procedure. (b) Agreed medical reports. (c) Documentary evidence. (d) Two-stage actions. (e) Fixed date for trials in the High Court and Circuit Court. (f) General pleadings and statements of claim. (g) Service of documents by post. (h) Modernisation of High Court pro cedure and assimilation to procedure in the Circuit Court.

I know that your committee has made a report to the Minister on various matters. I shall be obliged if you can let me know the result of the com- mitte's consideration of the above