The Gazette 1967/71

A THE INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND Vice-Presidents:

President: JAMES R. C. GREEN Secretary: ERIC A. PLUNKETT Editor: COLUM GAVAN DUFFY

Assistant Secretaries: JOSEPH FINNEGAN MARTIN P. HEALY

BRENDAN A. MCGRATH THOMAS V. O'CONNOR

Opinions contributed articles and reviews in the Gazette are not published as the views of the Council unless expressly so described. CONTENTS Ordinary General Meeting .................. 1 Meetings of Council ........................... 5 Current Law Selected ........................ 1 Book Review—Ryan, Notes of Irish Cases 6 Agency Contracts .............................. 9 A rticle on Solicitors Charges and Incomes by Mr. B. McGrath ......... 11 "Which" on Conveyancing .................. 13 Solicitors Apprentices Debating Society 13 Solicitors Costs and Inflation— Discounted Cash Flow ............... 14 N.I.B.C. Policy for all Incomes ......... 15 Fusion—Report from the Council to the Committee on Court Practice and Procedure ................................. 21 Bank Strike Notice ........................... 18 Criminal Legal Aid Scheme ............... 19 Society's Group Insurance Scheme ...... 19 Building Estate—Advance Certificate as to Title ................................. 19 Reference Numbers on Letters ............ 21 Correspondence ................................. 23 Registration of Title—Missing Land Certificates ................................. 24 Land Registry Office Notice ............... 24 Handbook of Commissioners for Oaths 25 The Registry .................................... 25 and comments in

ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING An Ordinary General Meeting was held in The Library, Solicitors Buildings, Four Courts, Dublin, on Thursday, 14th May, 1970. The President took the chair at 2.30 p.m. The notice convening the meeting was by permission taken as read. The Secretary read the minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 20th November. 1969 which were confirmed and signed by the President.' The following members of the Society were unanimously appointed as the scrutineers of the ballot for the election of the Council for the year 1970/71— Messrs. Alexander J. McDonald, Thomas Jackson, Brendan P. McCormick, Roderick J. Tierney, Laurence J. Branigan. The President then addressed the meeting as follows:— Ladies and Gentlemen, It is my duty and privilege in accordance with custom to tell you something about the work of the Council during the five months or so since our election and about any general development affecting the Society and profession. The day after my predecessor addressed you last November the Minister introduced the estimate for the Department of Justice in Dail Eireann. He spoke in particular about the Department's long term programme of Law Reform. This programme is of course of vital interest to us and I want to say again what I have already said publicly that we appreciate very much the opportunities which we now often get to comment on the Minister's proposals for legislation and make our own proposals. There have in the past been instances of legislation being introduced which vitally affected our profession and had not been considered at all from the point of view of the practical lawyer. We are particularly interested in the proposals in regard to the jurisdiction of the District and Circuit Courts and we support the Minister's suggestion that Solicitors should be entitled to be appointed to the Circuit Court Bench. We have submitted to the Committee on Court P-r.cf'ro r-i'l Procedure the Council's views on voluntary