The Gazette 1974

Special pleaders and conveyancers used to he admitted as Court reporters. Case reporting consists in first obtaining expeditiously a copy of the written judgment as delivered at the time. The solicitor can often employ a skilled shorthand writer from amongst his staff to prepare this. The difficulty is in writing the headnote of a case. If law is developed in both parts of Ireland in a progressive and liberal form in order to promote mutual co-operation and understanding, this will be bound to affect the future. [Editorial Note: Since March, it is unfortunate that a Receiver has been appointed to supervise the affairs of Irish University Press Ltd., who were carrying out such splendid work in republishing many important Irish hooks that were out of print.]

sought a periodic publication, be it weekly, bi-weekly or monthly, which contains only up-to-date case reports; this used to he fulfilled in England by the Law Journal and the Law Times. The lecturer then mentions the "Weeklv Notes", the "Times Law Reports", and the up-to-date "All England Law Reports" and "Weekly Law Reports". The present system of law reporting in Ireland is not built on a very systematic basis. There is something to be said for producing criminal statistics, showing which offences are normally dealt with by fine or by impris- onment. Finally, why should not a report of a case signed by a solicitor as an officer of the Court not have equal value in the Courts to that signed by a barrister?

Appointments to Law Society New Special Examiners

Mr. J. F. Quinlan, B.L.— Special Examiner Lecturer in l ax Law. Mr. P. F. Glvne, B.A., LL.B., Solicitor— Special Exam- iner and Lecturer in Statutory Land Law. New Assistant Examiner Mr. A. W. Scott, B.L., LL.B. (London)— Assistant Examiner in Company Law. and

Mrs. Mary Mathews, U.C.I)., B.C.L. (N.U.I.), LL.M. (N.U.I.)— Special Examiner in Contract and Com- mercial Law. Mr. E. J. Grace, A.G.A., A.G.I.S., Chartered Accoun- tant— Special Examiner and Lecturer in Book- Keeping. Mr. Alvin F. M. Price, U.G.I)., B.C.L. (N.U.I.) — Special Examiner in Real Property.

Admission of Parchments The next Presentation of Parchments will take place on Thursday, 5 December 1974, at 4 p.m. Apprentices whose indentures have expired and have passed all the Society's examinations and who wish to receive their parchments should lodge with the Society

on or before November 20 their full name and address in Irish and English together with a Form AE 5 com- pleted by the apprentice and the master. Please note that no applications will be accepted after 20 November 1974.

Kings Inns Library—Gift of Law Books On 3 September 1974 the President of the American Irish Foundation, Mr. T. Kevin Mallen, presented about 300 volumes on American law and jurisprudence to the King's Inns Library, in Dublin. These include all re- ports of the American Supreme Court since 1861. The Foundation intends to make a further presentation of hooks.

cataloguing of the O'Connor archives in Clonalis House, Gastlerea, Go. Roscommon; gave a grant to the Ulster Museum to aid the exhibition of artifacts taken from the wreck of the Girona, a ship of the Spanish Armada; and provided financial support for the Killar- ney Bach Festival.

Among the attendance was the Taoiseach, Mr. Cos- grave; the Minister for Education, Mr. Burke; the United States Ambassador, Mr. John Moore; the Attorney- General, Mr. Costello, and the President of the Law Society, Mr. Peter Prentice, as well as the Chief Justice, the President of the High Court and other Judges. Mr. John A. Costello, S.G., accepted the presentation on behalf of the Benchers. Mr. Justice Walsh thanked Mr. Mallen for the generous gift of books presented by the American Foundation. The American Irish Foundation lias been quite active in the past two years : it made a presentation to Mr. Seamus Heaney; made a grant available for the

PRECEDENT BANK AND ENGROSSMENT SERVICE

We wish to inform our members that the above service has been discontinued and is no longer available. JAMES J. IVERS (Director-General)

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