FREE LEGAL ADVICE
I ALHEADY GIVEN TO SOLDIERS. When a reference appeared in tho newspapers last week to the effect that the members of the Bar of New York City would give free legal advice to soldiers going on active service, Mr. Witty : asked £he Defence Minister in the House '. w'hethdr New Zealand ■ would follow tho lead of America. Sir James Allen (Minister of Defence), replied yesterday':—"l am not aware that free legal advice is given in America to men going on active service. With respect to New Zealand, I may state that' the .Public Trustee has an office at Trentham. This 1 office is open'on Wednesdays and Fridays, when a solicitor is in attendance for the purpose of taking in- ': • tstructipns for the preparation, of wills, powers of attorney, etc., such work being 1 done .free of charge. Should there be ■ any points. which, it is impossible for this solicitor to attend to, the Commandant grants leave, to the men to visit Wellington to interview, the solicitor of the Public Trust Office. If legal advice • is required in reference to the management of an estato while the soldier is at the front,; or after death, tho Public Trust Office arranges details without charge. It is also within''my knowledge that in some cases private solicitors are •■ assisting s.oldiers free of charge.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3160, 11 August 1917, Page 7
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221FREE LEGAL ADVICE Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3160, 11 August 1917, Page 7
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