The Gazette 1967/71

arising from underwriting activities carried on in London, and also similar profits from dollar investments, are to be included in the computation of the taxpayers' profits as reinsurers for the purposes of Case I of Schedule D of the Income Tax Act, 1952. Albsrma Investments Ltd. v. same. Chancery Division 27/1/70. Words and Phrases " Express consent :' in section 59 of the Town Police Clauses Act, 1847, which renders a taxicab driver liable to penalty if he permits any person other than the hirer to be carried without his express consent, means " posi tive ccnsent, not an acquiescence in the form of an implied consent." Yates v. Gates. Q.B.D., 22/1/70. As land for the purposes of the Land Drainage Act, 1930, was divided into districts by reference to the surface ot the land and, once delineated, the district extended above and below the surface; "a portion" of the district must also be an area of that surface and must also extend above and below the land. Their Lordships, Lord Wilber- fcrce and Lord Pearson dissenting, so held when allowing an appeal by the Trent River Authority and the Newark Area Internal Drainage Board from the decision of the Court of Appeal (the Master of the Rolls and Lord Justice Davies, Lord Justice Widgery dissenting) on January 28, 1969. Their Lordships held that the respondents, the National Coal Board, were liable to pay rates levied by the Newark Area Internal Drainage Board on them as the owners and occupiers of a mine i,30oft. below the surface, although no benefit was derived by the Coal Board from the appellants' drainage works. Trent River Authority v. National Coal Board. Newark Area Internal Drainage Board v. the same. House of Lords, 11/2/70.

Housing Act 1969 Agricultural Workers (Holidays and Wages) Act 1969 Post Office (Amendment) Act 1969 Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1969 Air Companies (Amendment) Act 1969 Finance Act 1969 Grass Meal Production (Amendment) Act 1969 Decimal Currency Act 1969

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(2) PRIVATE ACT

The Institution of Civil Engineers in Ireland (Charter Amendment) Act 1969

nth February 1969

SOLICITORS' DUTIES SOLICITORS are of course, officers of the Supreme Court and it is their duty in litigation, no less than it is that of counsel, to ensure that all relevant facts are brought to the notice of the Court so that justice may be properly administered. So much is fully understood, but solicitors are increasingly disturbed by the tendency to lay duties upon them which add to the perils of their work, and make them liable to penalties which are inordinately onerous. Many now feel that if anything goes wrong they will find themselves automatically under criticism without an oppor tunity to show that they are not at fault. (In passing, it may be mentioned that members of the Bar have recently been reminded by their Council that they have a duty to represent the interests of their solicitor clients before the Court no less than those of the fay clients. If, for example, an unexpected criticism of the solicitor descends from the Bench about matters on which it was no part of counsel's duty to be informed, he can ask for an adjournment in order that he 105

ACTS OF THE OIREACHTAS 1969

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(1) PUBLIC ACTS

1. Agricultural Produce (Cereals) (Amendment) Act 1969 2. Telephone Capital Act 1969 3. Electoral( Amendment) Act 1969 4. Export Piomotion (Amendment) Act 1969 5. Insurance Act 1969 6 Agricultural Credit Act 1969 7. Holycross Abbey (Co. Tipperary) Act 1969 8. Industrial Grants (Amendment) Act 1969 9. Nelson Pillar Act 1969 10. Bretton Woods Agreement (Amendment) Act 1969 11. Shipping Investment (Grants) Act 1969 12. Electricity (Special Provisions) (Repeal) Act 1969 13. Curragh of Kidare Act 1969 14. Industrial Relations Act 1969 15. Collection of Taxes (Confirmation) Act 1969

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