Re McKeon

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 01 January 1965
• Date: 01 January 1965
• Court: Unspecified Court

(C.J.)

In re McKeon

Retired civil servant -No vacancy - Need for notary in area - Range of knowledge required for office - Practice.

In refusing the petition of the petitioner, a retired civil servant, to be appointed a notary public Ó Dálaigh C.J. stated that it was established as a general practice that where possible only a solicitor would be appointed a notary public and that the circumstances of the present application were not sufficient to warrant an exception. PerÓ Dálaigh C.J.: "The general rule confining the office of notary public to members of the solicitors' profession, does not, I need hardly say, arise from any desire to favour members of the legal profession. The reason for the rule is the very practical one that the discharge of the duties of the office of notary public may call for a range of knowledge...