A QUESTION OF COSTS
AND THE PUBLIC TRUST. Per Press Association. Wellington, June 29. During the hearing of a small native case in ttie Appeal Court, there was a discussion on costs. Mr Justice Edwards said he did not think the Public Trustee was entitled to any costs where he appeared by his office solicitors, thai he ought in srch case to be considered as appearing in person. He further expressed the or.inion that, the Public Trust Department should not carry on a legal bureau for which there was 110 statutory authority and that the practice should be discouraged. Mr Justice Hosking said costs should not be allowed to the Public Trustee where the office solicitor ap> pearedi, unless such costs became pin t of the estate concerning which the ji.roceedingts were taken, and they should not be paid into the common fund of the Public Trust Office to awe!} the prolife of that institution.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 34, 30 June 1914, Page 7
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155A QUESTION OF COSTS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 34, 30 June 1914, Page 7
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