§ Mr. RENDALLasked the Attorney-General whether his attention has been directed to the subject of Rule 1(f) of the Rules of the Supreme Court (Ireland), which empowers Irish judges to order service of an Irish writ on a defendant domiciled in England whenever a cause of action has arisen upon a contract made within the Irish juris- 1131W diction, whereas the Rules of the Supreme Court in England contain no similar rule empowering judges in analogous cases to order service of English writs in Ireland; whether he is aware that this puts a considerable disability on English traders desiring to sue Irish debtors; and will he take the necessary steps whereby English traders should be put on the same footing as Irish traders?
§ Sir GORDON HEWARTThe difference pointed out in the question between the Irishand the English rules undoubtedly exists, as does also the consequent disability on English traders. Attention has been called to this difference on several occasions, and it is now being considered (along with other matters) by the "British and Foreign Legal Procedure Committee, 1918," appointed by Lord Finlay when Lord Chancellor, which is presided over by Lord Sumner, and whose report is expected shortly.