The Gazette 1980

JUNE 1980

GAZETTE

and by the unprecedented increase in the demand for certificates during the early part of this year. Steps have been taken to reduce the arrears and the position is now improving. I expect that when the backlog has been cleared applications for certificates will again be dealt with quickly. In the meantime I suggest that if people apply to the local Superintendent Registrar for the County in which their marriage took place they will get a faster service there.

Correspondence (contd.) I cannot now recall (if I ever knew) the correct colour sequence to amend draft documents, but in 1980 bottles of ink, certainly bottles of red, green and purple ink are not in frequent use, and the dreaded Ball-Point seems more readily available in blue, black, red and green. Hence perhaps the procedure of using the nearest Ball- Point to hand. Really it is hardly the colour of the ink that is important, but the clarity of the amendment, and an indication on the document showing the date the amendment was made. This makes life easier for the busy Practitioner and/or colour blind Practitioner.

Yours sincerely, Brendan Hensey, A rd-C hidrait heoir.

Land Registry, Central Office, Chancery Street, Dublin 7. 18th June, 1980

Yours sincerely, Barry O'Reilly.

ACC House, Upper Hatch St., Dublin 2. 30th May, 1980.

Mr. James J. Ivers, Director General, The Law Society.

Re: LANDREGISTRY TRANSACTIONS

The Editor, Law Society Gazette.

Dear Mr. Ivers, With effect from and including Wednesday, 2nd July, 1980 all Land Registry transactions in relation to Counties Clare, Galway, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo will be dealt with at the following address:— Land Registry, Nassau Building, Setanta Centre, Nassau Street, Dublin 2. Transactions relating to Dublin City and County will continue to be dealt with at the above address. William T. Moran, Registrar. THE HIGH COURT MOTIONS ON NOTICE (Common Law) By reason of current postal delays in the transmission of documents between Solicitors' town agents and their country offices, it may happen that the Solicitor to whom a Notice of Motion is directed (although served in time and in compliance with the Rules of the Superior Courts) may not become aware of the Motion until after the return date named in the Notice. Consequently, pending further direction, MOTIONS ON NOTICE in Common Law matters (other than those returnable for the Sitting of the Court) being brought either before the Court or the Master will not be listed for hearing before the lapse of a period of 10 days after the lodgment of the Notice in the Central Office (except by special leave of the Registrar). J. K. WALDRON, Registrar.

Re: FINANCIAL AGREEMENTS

Dear Sir, A propos Gerry Hickey's comments at the recent half- yearly meeting on the involvement (of lack of it) by Solicitors in the preparation of financial agreements, I was recently handed a draft agreement containing provisions which might be of interest to your readers. Under the heading 'Invalidity of provision' the following appeared:— "Terms and conditions which are invalid shall be implemented according to the spirit of this Agreement." I hasten to add.that an Irish lawyer was not involved and wonder whether perhaps the draftsman had, in final interpretation, intended the invocation of the Third Person of the Trinity! Yours faithfully, Dermot Jones. Mr. James J. Ivers, Director General, The Law Society. Re: MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE APPLICATIONS Dear Mr. Ivers, I have received your letter of 28th May concerning applications for marriage certificates for purposes of raising loans for house purchase. I realise that there is at present some delay in dealing with applications to the General Register Office. The present difficulties in the office arose out of last year's postal dispute. The very large number of applications which were held up at that time built up into a considerable volume of arrears when the dispute ended. The position was aggravated by the fact that staff were not being recruited to the Civil Service during the dispute 112 Oifig an Ard-Chláraitheora, Custom House, Dublin 1. 17th June, 1980.