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 and comments in contributed articles and reviews in the Gnzette are not published as the views of the Council unless expressly so described.

CONTENTS Meetings of the Council .................. 4V Time Costing ................................. 49 Miscellaneous Legal News, (a) Protest Hulls Court, (b) Judge Defends Suspects Right, (c) Fraud Beyond Most Juries, (d) Murder Trial Shock —Jury Discharged ........................ 53 Current Law Digest Including Irish Cases .......................................... 55 Alleged Rioting .............................. 63 Solicitors Apprentices Debating Society —Committee and Prizes .................. 65 Irish and Book-Keeping Examination Results ....................................... 65 Land Act 1965 — Permission not required to buy property in Non- Municipal towns ........................... 65 In Parliament ................................. 66 Circuit Court Rules 1970 — Summary 66 Transport and Agricultural Law of the European Community ..................... 67 Interest on Damages ........................ 68 Book Review ................................. 69 Communications Centre ..................... 69 Voluntary Bar Free Legii. Aid Panel 69 First Legal Advice Centre Opened for Poor .......................................... 69 Lawyer Exchange Programme ............ 70 Visits by Lawyers to Council of Europe 70 Land Registry Notice — The Register 70

MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL

July 16th The President in the chair; also present Messrs. T. V. O'Connor, Augustus Cullen, Rory O'Connor, George A. Nolan, Robert McD. Taylor, Desmond Moran, Peter D. M. Prentice, Ralph J. Walker, Christopher Hogan, Bruce St. J. Blake, John Maher, Eunan McCarron, Brendan A. McGrath, John Carrigan, Francis J. Lani- gan, James W. O'Donovan, Patrick Noonan, Walter Beatty, Gerald Hickey, Patrick F. O'Donnell, Mrs. Moya Quinlan,. Gerard M. Doyle, Norman Spendlove, Thomas Jackson and William A. Osborne. The following was among the business transacted: Criminal Legal Aid Scheme The following motion of which notice had been given was moved and seconded : That the Council of the Society in view of the present impasse in the operation of legal aid in this country recommend : 1. That members remove their names from the panel until satisfactory arrangements have been made with the Minister for Justice for its further operation. 2. That members who have already accepted cases to date should proceed with same to finality.

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