DIVORCES IN BRITAIN.
EXTRA FEES FOR LAWYERS. AN ADDITIONAL £1,000,000. SHORTAGE OF JUDGES. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. LONDON, August 4. Lawyers expect that they will earn an extra £1,000,000 in fees as a result of the passing of the Matrimonial Causes Bill, which reforms the divorce law. They anticipate more than another 5000 cases each year. Defended cases will be more costly as there will be more elaborate hearings, more witnesses and longer legal argument. The cost of undefended petitions will drop from £7O to £SO, as the' Court is empowered to treat Judicial separation as sufficient evidence. Unless additional Judges are appointed there will be chaos in the Courts. Three hundred couple's seeking divorce in London will have to wait until October. The two Courts dealing with a list of 1071 cases for this term are so crowded that it was announced that 221 undefended petitions and nearly 100 defended cases will be carried over to the new term, after the' Judges’ 11 weeks’ holiday. More Judges are needed. Only three deal with divorce, and with two of these Admiralty cases have precedence.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20264, 5 August 1937, Page 9
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185DIVORCES IN BRITAIN. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20264, 5 August 1937, Page 9
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