The Gazette 1967/71

sion that a solicitor acting for a vendor should as a matter of professional practice and in the interests of members of the Society and their clients furnish certified copies of a land registry map on the twenty-five inch scale duly marked showing the property intended to be transferred. Bar associations are requested to bring this matter to the attention of their members and to endea vour to see that the practice is adopted. DISTRICT COURT (FEES) ORDER, 1970 S.I. 236 of 1970 The District Court (Fees) Order, 1970, comes into force on 19 October 1970. By this order the stamp on the issue of a summons or of a civil process is fixed at Ifl/-, and the stamp on an application for the removal of a disqualification order is raised to £1-5-0. All documents under the enforcement of Court Orders Proceedings will now be 8/- including the copy of the statement of means, the issue of an examination order, and the issue for an order for committal, or for variation. The stamps on applications for various declara tions under the Intoxicating Liquor Acts has been substantially raised and in some cases is as much as £12. The stamp on the following applications when granted will be £15. (a) Certificate of Registration of a Club The stamp on every application under the Rent Restrictions Act, 1960, is £1. While the stamp on every notice of appeal under the Betting Act, 1931, is £10. CIRCUIT COURT (FEES) ORDER, 1970 S.I. 237 of 1970 The revised fees in the Circuit Court payable under this order come into operation on 19 October 1970. The revised stamp on the issue of an ordinary civil bill or summons or of an equity civil bill is now £2-10-0. The stamp on all appli cations to the Circuit Court under the Rent Restrictions Act, 1960, or the Landlord and Tenant Acts, is now £2 while the stamp on every application to a County Registrar under the Land lord and Tenant (Ground Rents) Act, 1967, is £1-10-0. The fee for every application for a certi ficate under the Licensing Acts is £15 while the (b) Moneylender's Certificate (c) Public Dancing Licence (d) Gaming Licence.

fee for every application of proceedings under the Registration of Title Act, 1964, is £1-10-0.

SUPREME COURT AND HIGH COURT (FEES) ORDER, 1970 S.I. 239 of 1970 This order increasing fees in the offices of the Supreme Court and High Court comes into opera tion on 19 October 1970. This order covers 27 printed pages, and costs 2/-, consequently, it is only possible to give a very brief summary of the only possible to give a very brief summary of the fees affected. The fee for filing a notice o fmotion of appeal to the Supreme Court is now £7 and the stamp on a commission appointing a Notary Public or Commissioner of Oaths is £20. The fee for sealing a plenary summons in the High Court is now £8 and on sealing a special summons or a summary summons or on filing a petition is £6. The fee on filin gany affidavit or pleading is 15 /- and on lodging a notice of appeal from the Circuit Court to the High Court is £2-10-0. The fee on setting down an action for trial is £6. The fee on every petition of bankruptcy or of arrangement is £6, while that on every debtor's summons is £3. The fee for lodging most notices of motion under the Solicitors Acts is £3, but, if arising under Section 48 (3) of the Solicitors Act, 1954, the fee is £6. The fee on a notice to tax in the Taxing Masters' Office is £1-10-0, while the fee on the issue of a Certificate of Taxation is £1-15-0. CRIMINAL JUSTICE (LEGAL AID) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1970 S.I. 240 of 1970 The following fees have now been fixed for Legal Aid in Criminal Cases. 1. Fee to solicitor for consultation in cases of mur der, manslaughter or dangerous driving causing death or serious bodily harm (£2-2-0). 2. Fee to solicitor for attending a reserved judg ment (£3-3-0). 3. Fee to solicitors for an allowance to attend court if travelling is involved, has been increased to I/- per mile. 4. The solicitor is entitled to recoup any fees expended by him for service of documents or for payment of court fees. 5. The solicitor will be entitled to his fee at the hearing if he was properly represented there. The schedule to this order is appended on p. 94. 93