LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 247, 18 October 1922, Page 9

LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN

T.etters of inquiry will be answered every week in this column. As far as possible they will be dealt with in the orde_- iv which they are received, and replies will be inserted with the least possible delay.

BfJI.nER - liilpss the by-laws of your local niitlicirity require you to employ a licensed mini you are not liomul to ill) so. I cannot advise whether the award covers you without a copy, but you will riixl the union secretary able t<i give you t lit- information you require. IGNORANT.— (1) If you have not received the paper you are not liahle. You may either ignore the ileniaml. or point out Hie error to the office. I should imagine il is purely a mistake. (2> it depends on the circumstances. Write mc with particulars of how the dent was contracted. i:: i .The parent is not liahle unless there is express or implied authority in the child to act as his a sent in the particular matter

H.W. I .lo not think there nre sufficient (.'rounds for a separation, though doubtless your life is not a bed of n.scs. It b*sne y..,,r house you mar decide to whom rooms shall be' let, but it Iμ unwise to have your domestic troubles interfering with third persons. Tin- piano might be held to he your wife's, but all the talking in the world will not alter the ownership of the rest of the furniture. Still it I'ERI'I.KXKn.—A new trust deed denning the powers and duties of the trustees is not required, but a new deed of appointment will be required. It must also be stamped at the Stamp Office. GEOKIiE R.—lu order to achieve your wish the business must he formed" into n limited liability company. The cost, would vary with the macnitude t .f the concern, but would hardly be less than SCOTLAND.—You must make up your mind to face a fair amount of expense in following up the matter. After the lapse ot so many years the property may have reverted to the Crown. Instruct a solicitor to institute inquiries for you. He can employ agents abroad to trace the property. SLEEPER.- It is the usual practice, and there is nothing either illegal or immoral in it. It may be looked upon as commission for rinding you the neenmmodntion. If you object to paying it there is nothing to prevent y<.ii rinding the money by your own efforts. " " ANNOYED.—The demand contains on Its face a correct statement of the law. As noon as Hip debt is due it may- be sued for. The penalty is simply a device to make people pay promptly, nnrt ir works so well that it is unusual to sue until the penalty has accrued.