LEGAL INQUIRY.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 126, 28 May 1919, Page 6

LEGAL INQUIRY.

(3Y A BARRISTER-AT-LAW.) letters of Inquiry will be answered everj week in this column. As far as possible j they will be dealt n-lth In the order in which they are received, aud replies will be inserted with the least possible delay. SUBSCRIBER.—The Ilarliour Boards have always claimed such right. I'robably if the beach lv question is under the , control of your Board their claim is ! good. If not, I think their claim is bad. PUZZLED.—I think you are liable for both items of the claim. SETTLER.—Of course compensation must he paid. I cannot tell you the amount. ' That is a matter for agreement between the parties, or for settlement by the Compensation Court. It would be ;it least the amount of the Government j valuation. ; ONE IN DOUBT.—You 1 ought to be able to ' recover your costs. You will need legal assistance, and should put the ! mutter in the hands of your solicitor, j TENANT.—The landlord can raise the rent within certain restrictions depending upon the value of the property. I 11.P.P. —You have no remedy. j AVON'DALE.—B may be compelled to take his gate off the boundary fence and erect a proper post on which to swing it. If the condition of the i-rjperty I mentioned Is a nuisance, you may take proceedings to stop it. If you decide to institute proceedings, you should put the matter iv the hands "of your solicitor, as you will need help. . ; W.N. —The landlord may claim against the teuant payment for damage done. TREES. —1 could not answer your question without further information shewing when the . trees were planted, anil whether you had permission from your neighbour when they were planted. In any case you may be obliged to erect a boundary fence. WIKI. —Your legal position is not precisely ascertainable from your letter, but you should decline to let anyone take the child, und you need not allow any person, doctor or otherwise, to see him except •with yoirr approval. Of course, I am assuming that the boy is receiving proper medical attention from your own doctor. With regard to the allegations made, you probably have good ground for an action for slander, hut this is a point that could only be decided on the precise expressions used, and these your letter does not contain! If you take proceedings on this ground you will need legal assistance. APIS.—You are not responsible in any w-ny for your bees' war-like propensities against stock invading their domain, even though it is uufenced. INQUIRER.—If yon will tell mc the circumstances under which the accident arose I sTiall be able to help yon. It is quite possible that the sufferer may be entitled to damages, hut. from the general terms hi which you state the case it is also quite possible that he may not. JlM.—Whether or not yon are entitled to payment for the plans depends on certain facts, concerninsr which votir letter is silent. If the owner nnd yourself entered into the arrangement "with the idea that you were to he paid for your plans as well as your work on the Job. then you would be entitled to payment. If. however, the plans were volunteered by you on the understanding that you were to be employed on the job and nothing was said ahout payment for them. I do not think It would he wise for yon to attemnt to enforce payment. If it was understood that yon should lie paid, I think the basis of payment should be on the time occupied by you on the plans. •SUBSCRTRER.-Tlie interest chared ~v the moneylender is beyond reason, and you sbould decline to pay It. „ P may ther sue yon for the amount, but the'-'e is little doubt that any magistrate would make a considerable reduction in the Interest claimed.