LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 22, 26 January 1921, Page 11

LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

(BY A BARniSTER-AT-LAW.) Letters of inquiry will He nnswered every *eek in this column. Ar far as possible they will be dealt with in the order in which they are received, and replies will be Inserted with the least possible delay. aHUi'AR'S—(I) You arc supposed to keep tne place in as sood repair as It was when you took it. (I!) The landlady is not compelled to repair the window. In any case you took the house with the window broken. (3| As to the iujury to the fingers, the man has a right of taXGSLAND.—Tou do not make yourself clear. The rate of interest does not seem tco high. AXNOYBD.—'"When you found that the purchaser was delaying and not going to complete you should nave notified him formally that the deal was off. 1 do not Snow whether your solicitor is completing the contract now by preparing the deeds. You have a right of action for the forcible entry, but I fancy your solicitor Ls completing the purchase, and not suing the wrongdoers. SOADS.—The local body is quite within its rights in doing what ynu roirplain of. Of course there are certain restrictions on that kind of thing, but you may be assured that there is nothing illegal being done. (SATISFACTION.—Tou give no valuation of the house. (2) The partition may be removed only If ir is not nailed down. (3) You were entitled to one month's noticp in writing of the increase. The rent does not seem too heavy. A>'XIOUS.—In the circumstances you give thp rent should not be higher than about 16/. You can ignore the increase •s you did not get a months notice in writing.