LAW PRACTITIONERS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 216, 5 September 1908, Page 2

LAW PRACTITIONERS.

WHAT IS KIitjLTKBD OF -V ! BAItKIBTIiK. lUSGUSSION B~ LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS. By Telegraph.— Press Association. Wellington, Last Ni«-lit. Ju the Legislative Council yesterday •the Atlor.iey-tleneral moved the coin""Hal of the Law Practitioners' Amendment Bil. Mr. liigg thought tiie Bill did not

conserve the rights of those at orgeat studying law. If seven ««' practice as ii solicitor was sulhcit'iit to qualify lor ii position on the Supreme Court Uracil, it was sullicient to allow of audi! a person practising as a barrister, the question to consider was whether inc. standard of education set up for solicitors was adequate, and he believed the answer could be allirmed. Jlc tliouo-lit the examination could be siniplilicd without detriment to the profession, lor instance, he did not think it necessary that a solicitor should have a. knowledge of Latin. He moved as an amendment that the Bill be referred to the Statutes Committee. Mi-. Kelly, who seconded the amendment, entirely disagreed with the Bill In his reply, the Attorney-General •'■" id what was required of a'barrister was to pass an examination on known aw and any man who could not pass that had no right to take six ami cightpeucc out of anv person's pocket A man was also required to pass an examination in international law, conlliet of laws and jurisprudence,' and any ordinary intelligent vonng fellow should he able to pass 'tOie examination. The Bill was not raisin" the question of caste or making the profession exclusive. Nine-tenths of Kami students in the Dominion wanted the Bill.

The amendment was negatived and the Bill was committed. A new clause was inserted to make the Act inoperative rn the ease of every person who ms been admitted as a solicitor before the passing of the Act, or is admitted as a solicitor before December ,')]. mil The Dill was reported.