The Gazette 1967/71

Abortive auction — costs Property was offered for sale by public auction in March 1969 and withdrawn from sale. Negotiations with one or more pur chasers followed but a sale was not effected. In July 1969 the premises were again offered for public auction by a different auctioneer but again withdrawn. Negotiations followed but were unsuccess ful. In December 1969 a sale by private treaty was arranged through an agent who had not been concerned with either of the previous auctions. Members asked for guidance as to the appropriate costs. The Council on a report from a committee stated that the solicitors for the Vendor were entitled to charge the full comission scale fee on the actual price received on the suc cessful sale by private treaty and to charge Schedule 2 for the second abortive auction but that no charge should be made for the first abortive auction. June 18th The President in the chair—also present, Messrs. P. C. Moore, John Maher, Christopher Hogan, Patrick F. O'Donnell, John C. O'Carroll, James W. O'Donovan, Gerald Hickey, Desmond Moran, Peter E. O'Connell, Senator J. J. Nash, T. E. O'Donnell, Joseph L. Dundon, Thomas J. Fitzpatrick, T.D., George A. Nolan, Robert McD. Taylor, Gerald J. Moloney, Patrick Noonan, Francis Lanigan, Brendan A. McGrath, T. V. O'Connor, Augustus Cullen, W. B. Alien, William A. Osborne, Eunan McCarron, Mrs. Moya Quinlan, Brace St. J. Blake, Walter Beatty, Peter D. M. Prentice, Gerard M. Doyle, Ralph J. Walker, John Carrigan, Norman Spendlove. The following was among the business transacted. Legal Aid Notice of the following motion was given for discussion at the next meeting of the Council.

That the Council of the Society in view of the present impasse in the operation of legal aid recommends (i) that members remove their names from the panel until satisfactory arrangements have been made with the Minister for Justice for its future operation and (ii) members who have already accepted cases to date should proceed with same to finality. The motion will be discussed at the meet ing of the Council on July 16th.

Bank Strike

It was decided that a statement should be sent to the daily newspapers expressing the concern of the Council at the damage to the national economy and in particular to the urgent business of clients following from the denial of banking facilities to the public urging that talks should be resumed. The Secretary also read correspondence received from members expressing concern at the possibility that some clients who have obtained bridging loans and who have also obtained loans from lending institutions will be unable to use the credit received from building societies to cancel the bridging loans. It was stated that clients are in danger of having to pay double interest. The Council who regarded this as a legal problem affecting individual practitioners and more particularly their clients sug gested that in such cases the cheque for the amount of the Building Society advance should be transmitted forthwith to the bank which issued the bridging loan. Alternatively the Building Society might be requested to delay the issue of the cheque until banking facilities are resumed but to keep permission for the loan alive. Which ever course is adopted the matter is obviously one for discussion between the clients and their solicitors and the bank or other lending institutions when normal con ditions are resumed. 29