The Gazette 1967/71

her 1967 elected the following Officers and Coun cil members :— President : Edward H. Byrne. Vice President: Victor D. Wolfe. Honorary Secretary : Miss T. King. Honorary Treasurer : E. Rory O'Gonnor. Honorary Auditors : P. Glynn and E. Crowley. Council Members : Messrs. G. A. Williams, R. Knight, G. M. Doyle, M.

reduced if when application is made for an ori ginal grant a certified copy is then bespoken. GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS Members please note that the Acts of the Oireachtas 1965 (bound) are now available from the Government Publications Sales Office, price 25/-, postage 2/6 extra. The Succession Act, 1955 (Form of Adminis tration Bond) (No. 2) Rules 1967 are now avail able from the Government Publications Sales Office, price I/-, postage 3d. extra. The catalogue number of the. Volume of Statu tes is P/l/45 and of the Statutory Instrument 18/67. FEDERATION OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS The Federation of Professional Associations, to which the Law Society is affiliated, is just four teen months old. One of its objects is "To promote and advance the contribution of professional organisations to the welfare of the community". On the 4th December next at 8.00 p.m. in the Hibernian Hotel, Dublin, the Federation is hold ing a meeting that should be of considerable interest to all members concerned with the welfare of the profession and of the service they render to the community. In a recent communication from the Federation, the President Mr. Brendan A. McGrath, Solicitor to C.I.E. stated as follows :—- "Unhappily, as we all know the professions have recently come under attack, and have been publicly criticised for their so-called restrictive practices and lack of positive participation in the development of the economic life of the com munity. Conformity to the principles of intellec tual and scientific truth and ethical conduct have ever been the pride and objective of professional occupations. Their primary orientation has hither to been, and should always remain, one of com munity service. There is a danger, however, that if the prevailing tendency to depress professional status were to take hold to any significant degree, professional competence would become subordina ted to competitive pricing thus eroding the value of the professions not only to (he professional but also to the society he serves. "It is the view of the Council of the Federation that this is a time both for self-criticism and greater involvement in the wider issues shaping the development of the community at large. The professions have evolved in response to the essen tial needs of society, but they must also meet the 51

Kenny, A. O. hUadhaigh, G. A. Henderson, P. Golden, D. R. Pigot and J. P. A. Hooper.

LAW CLERKS JOINT LABOUR COMMITTEE

The Law Clerks Joint Labour Committee was set up under part IV of the Industrial Relations Act, 1946, covering law clerks and certain other wor kers employed in solicitors' offices. The Committee is a statutory body which provides machinery for the fixing of minimum rates of wages and the regulation of conditions of employment for these workers. Arising from the enforcement of the statute regulations the Society have been informed by the Department of Labour that in 1965 sixty-two firms were found to be underpaying a total of eighty employees while in 1966 a total of eighty- seven employees were being underpaid by sixty firms. SOLICITORS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION Several Solicitors' widows are living on pensions of £2 12 6 per week. 940 Solicitors from the Republic and Northern Ireland have paid their subscriptions of £2 2 0 per annum. Reminders have long since been sent and the financial year ends on 30th November, 1967. Please help now by sending your subscription to the Secretary, 9, Upper Mount Street, Dublin, 2. MEDICO-LEGAL SOCIETY OF IRELAND The Society's next meeting will be held on Thurs day, 30th November, 1967 at the Royal Hibernian Hotel, Dawson Street, at 8 p.m. The lecture will be entitled "The Doctors Role in Modern Indus trial Litigation" and will be given by Mr. F. Hanna, solicitor Nothern Ireland. CERTIFIED GRANTS OF PROBATE Members please note that time taken for certified grants of probate to be issued can be considerably