The Gazette 1972

Statutory Instruments SOLICITORS' PRACTISING CERTIFICATE FEES REGULATIONS 1971 S.I. No. 341 of 1971 By virtue and in pursuance of Sections 4, 5, 79 and 82 of the Solicitors Act, 1954, the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland hereby make the following regula- tions : (1) From and after the date of these regulations the fees specified in the schedule hereto shall be paid to the Society by the applicant in respect of the matters therein mentioned. (2) These regulations shall come into operation on the 13th Day of December 1971. (3) The Solicitors Act 1954 (Fees) Regulations 1968 (S.I. No. 240 of 1968) and the Solicitors Act (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1970 (S.I. No. 275 of 1970) are revoked as from the date of operation of these regulations as regards applications for practising certi- ficates for the practice year 1972/73 or any later prac- tice year but shall continue to apply to applications for practising certificates for the practice year 1971/72 or any earlier practice year. (4) These regulations may be cited as the Solicitors' Practising Certificate Fees Regulations 1971. Schedule (1) On application for a practising certificate for the year 1972/73 or any later practice year by a solicitor ^ho practises or carries on his business in the City of Lublin or within three miles therefrom £31.00 (2) On application for a practising certificate by a solicitor who does not practise or carry on his business m the City of Dublin or within three miles there- from £28.00 (3) On application under Section 17 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1960 for a copy of an entry on File A o r File B £1.00 Dated this 13th Day of December 1971. Signed on behalf of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland. BRENDAN A . MCGRATH President of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland. Explanatory Note This note is not part of the regulations and does not purport to be a legal interpretation thereof. The fee payable by a solicitor on taking out a prac- tising certificate is raised from £21 to £31 in the case of a solicitor practising in Dublin and from £18 to £28 in the case of a solicitor practising elsewhere. The fee payable for a copy of an entry on File A or File B is unchanged.

SOLICITORS' (PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE, CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1971 S.I. No. 344 of 1971 The Incorporated Law Society of Ireland in exercise of the powers conferred on them by Sections 4, 5 and 71 of the Solicitors Act 1954 hereby make the following regulations : (1) These regulations may be cited as the Solicitors' (Professional Practice, Conduct and Discipline) (Amend- ment) Regulations 1971. (2) These regulations shall come into operation on the 16th Day of December 1971. (3) In these regulations the term "the Principal Regu- lations" means the Solicitors Act 1954 (Professional Practice, Conduct and Discipline) Regulations 1955 (S.I. No. 151 of 1955). (4) These regulations shall be read together with the Principal Regulations and shall insofar as they are inconsistent therewith alter and amend the same and may be cited as the Solicitors' (Professional Practice, Conduct and Discipline) Regulations 1955-71. (5) Paragraph 5 of the Principal Regulations is heieby revoked and the following paragraph is substituted. (5) A solicitor shall not obtain or attempt to obtain professional business by directly or indirectly without reasonable justification inviting instructions for such business or doing or permitting to be done without reasonable justification anything which by its manner, frequency or otherwise advertises his practice as a solicitor or doing or permitting to be done anything which may reasonably be regarded as touting and it shall be the duty of a solicitor to make reasonable enquiry before accepting instructions for the purpose of ascertaining whether the acceptance of such instructions would involve a breach of this regulation. (6) Paragraph 8 of the Principal Regulations is hereby revoked and the following paragraph is substituted. (8) A solicitor shall not accept an appointment by or act as solicitor for any client or body other than the State on the basis that he will be remunerated by a fixed salary irrespective of the amount of work performed or to be performed by him as solicitor for such client or body unless such solicitor shall hold a wholetime appointment under a contract which provides that he shall act as solicitor for such client or body exclusively. Dated this 16th day of December 1971. Signed on behalf of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland. JAMES S. O'DONOVAN President of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland. Explanatory Note This note is not part of the regulations and does not purport to be a legal interpretation thereof. The regulations (1) restate the restrictions on the manner in which solicitors may obtain or attempt to obtain professional business and (2) clarify an ambi- guity in paragraph 8 of the principal regulations. 31