LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 97, 26 April 1922, Page 9

LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

(BY A BARRISTER-AT-LAW.* Lette-a or Inquiry will be answsred every week In this columD. Aβ far as powifcl* they will be dealt with In the oTtder u> which iney »re received, and replies ;vlll d« with toe least possible dela.v. P..T.M. (Huntly). The uiliiimum If £"flO. There arc several exemptions whtcu yon ninv be able to claim, which would "raise the minimum Tor yon. Of pmrne I can give you no detinito figures unless you sujvly mc with particulars. WORRIED* WIFK.-To obtain sufficient evidence it would be desirable to get the police in as you Micgest. If they will not then take up the case for >"""• you rany do so yourself. In that rase you ehould set your solicitor to help you. A private Interview, as you suggest, would be of uo use. ENGINEER.—You arc entitled to medical expenses, but I would not advise you to press your claim for wages. HEATHf'OTE.-OI It depends nn the conditions of your mortgage, but speaking generally I do not think there would be any objection. (2) If tlio work is badly 'done .yon mar sup for damages, but it Is not a course you should take unless all peaceful efforts fall. To some extent the fact that the work has been done and paid for signifies that you were satisfied with it. The defects, of course, lake time to discover. ANXIOUS.—The solicitors have been instructed to attend to the matter by the lender, because he realises now how incompetent he is himself. You cannot object to deal with them. The fact that no time was fixed fur repayment, makes It repayable on demand, and you have now had that demand. If you cannot repay, the least you can do is to slve security. You cannot get away from the fnct fhat you have benefited considerably by ,the lender's generosity and trust !n you. and you ehould make every endeavour to return him in kind. There also remains the fii<*t thflt yon nre aware tlint tb<? money did not belong to the lender. The. real owner may not be so considerate towards you as the solicitors seem to be. For your own sake you suould repay at once, or give sudi security as the solicitors will accept.