Chancery (Ireland) Act, 1867

Qualification of chief clerks.

12. No person shall be appointed chief clerk to the Master of the Rolls or to the Vice-Chancellor unless he shall have been admitted on the roll of solicitors . . . and shall have practised as solicitor for the period of ten years at least immediately preceding his appointment, or . . . shall have held some office or offices in the Court of Chancery for a period of seven years.