LEGAL FEES.
j SCALE TO BE INCREASED. The annual report of • the Auckland District Law Society, issued last week, announced that a new scale of fees hal been agreed upon by the council of the New A'i!and tfjiiety in regard to conveyancing charges, liuder both the land tran«'or system and the deeds registration system. The increases, it is understood, vary according to the responsibilities ruwe-pted by the solicitor, from 15 per cent, to 40 per cent. It was ascertained that the following increases were typical:— .< Ordinary land transfers: Original fee, £2 2a, for, the first £4OO, and 7s for every other £IOO, up to £5000: new fee, to £3 3s for the first £'2oo and 10s fid foj every other £IOO, up to £SOOO. Deeds registration work: Old fee, £2 2s for the first £IOO and 10s fld on every other £100; new fee, £3 3s for the first £IOO and los for every other £IOO. Similar increases have been made in respect to mortgage trar.-act'ons, but none at all in respect to the transfer of leases.
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 February 1920, Page 5
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177LEGAL FEES. Taranaki Daily News, 20 February 1920, Page 5
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