CHARGE AGAINST SOLICITOR.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1917, Page 5

CHARGE AGAINST SOLICITOR.

ALLEGED UNPROFEBSIONJft^^| By telegraph.— 'Press AseoclailoO.;^^^ Wellington, Last A case reserved in the mstter/ «<3MgH Law Society to Btrike John don off the rolls of barristers Mmßm tors of the Supreme Court ca&e twSfflm the Court of Appeal this ords* absolute -was made by suspending Lundon front practice pttWSgSg ing the decision of the Court ol.jMflMrag An order nisi was made by tpe (JUHSH Justice on March 12, 1917, andifcjt IiWMjB absolute on May 2, 1917. Thf of complaint against Lundon wen lows: (1) That on or about January iwrtgj 1915, Lundon made a gross overchwfjjifi of £IOO agAinst his then client. JommHß Fletcher, of Auckland, laborer, for IjSSa9 don's services in obtaining ropaytt)j6K™| from the National Bank of New nt Newton, Auckland, of £SOO lodgA' . Fletcher with the bank on fixed depNltrcaj (2) that Lundon persistently failedttrag account to Fletcher, and the then retained by 'Fletcher, for held by him in trust for, or OB beWKK . of. Fletcher, from November? 19J4V March 28 although repeatedly |in writing to ido so. _ ■ l-'ijj The ground of the order is that said John Raphael Lundon has' been ty of, professional misconduct in his pacify- of barrister and solicitor of tjwre?! Supreme Court of New Zealand. i-JlB Dr. Fitchett and Mr. A. W. BtofctoggjU ; pear for Lundon, nnd Mr. H. T\ von r for the New Zealand Law SocietyLim™^ 1 don was produced for cross, examinatfoj il t by counsel for the Law Society, to > plain certain details of the transaction- 4 2 with regard to Fletcher. The hearing'fi&j r unfinished., '