LAW REFORM

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 189, 27 August 1937, Page 4

LAW REFORM

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Minister Appeals for Co-operation P00LING OF KNOWLEDGE

(By Telejjranh-

WELLINGTON, Last Night. Addressing the first meeting of the Law Reform Committee, the AttorneyGeneral, the Hon. H. G. B. Mason, said that law reform, though it was primarily the concern of the legal profession, was not exclusively such, nor did the profession seek to have it so regarded. "Many intelligent men and women in different wallcs of life are competent to form and express an opinion on the adequacy or inadequacy of some branch or other of the law with which they are especially f amiliar, ' ' said Mr Mason. . ' ' Such institutes as the Press, university, chambers of commerce, and all who desire to see our law brought into as complete aecord as may be pos--sible with the needs of nresent-day society willj I trust, communicate to us any suggestions that, in their considered opinion, will eontribute to the result that .we all desire." After referring to the items of the agenda, the Attprney-General went on to say that possibly a convenient method would be to co-opt for the purpose of securing reports members of the profession who had made a special study of particular subjects. By this means thero would be a diffusion of interest throughout members of the profession, the desire being to pool, as far as practiceable, speciaiised knowledge for the common good. The Department of Justice would be the eo-ordinating authorlty responsible for the marshalling of matters dealt with, and their due presentation for legisiative action, I