LEGAL INQUIRY.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 50, 28 February 1923, Page 10

LEGAL INQUIRY.

BY A BARRISTER AT LAW.

Letters of inquiry will be answered every week in this column. As far as Possible they will be dealt with in the order In which t_ey are received, and replies will be Inserted with the least possible delay.

DIGGF.R.—Tbe difficulty about your suggestion is that the answer would Ml several columns and would be too general to be of much use to the average reader, ln your cose one party will serve a notice to repair or to fence as he decides. The other may object to his notice and serve a crossnotice If the parties cannot compromise the matter is referred to a magistrate. In practice It is usual to attempt to agree in the very first place.. i HAWERA.—The sub-tenant is, I think, the person whom you should worry i would not advise shooting, as that is taking the law into your own hands. If you dan collect good evidence that the nuisance is malicious you should take proceedings ln court. If »t is not worth taking to court it Is not suffl Icntly .important to warrant /ou taking the "law into your ow_ hands. J. B. (Mount Eden).—You are entitledl to the full amount you purchased. The agreement will show what your remedy is. As soon as you have found out the remedy approach the vendor and ask for the extra land or compensation, as the case may be. A snrvey should be unnecessary. i INQUIRER.—(I) It depends on the valne of your security. You may have to offer liberal procuration to obtain a loan on poor security. In ordinary | cases about-£l2. (2) You may do as you suggest. (3) They are competent to do the work. (4) Yes. (5) She should notify the executors of the death. (6) Tell mc what you have and what your income Is and I can advise you. It would All a column to tell you what you might be allowed to have. MANGARATA.—You are entitled to reasonable notice. If you do not agree to I the reduction you should in turn give .■ notice. In each case a reasonable time is all that is required, and while in your case 6 weeks is perhaps a little short, the difference won't make it worth contesting. If you decide to leave you might ask for three months from the date of their notice at the old rate. CONSTANT READER.—The local by-laws answer your question. If you cannot . solt-o the problem you should post mc ft copy. |

MRS. W. (Raetihl).—There Is nothing in your letter which would show you may proceed otherwise than through the Court You cannot claim damages. You should have no difficulty in winning your case. J. G. —I think you hare had the engine a little too long to preserve your rights. If, however, as soon as it was found unsuitable you had returned If, you would probably have come through all right. You may, however, In your correspondence, kept your rights alive. Your best chance is on the question of non-sbarting. WHY WORRY.—On a sale ycu wW hare to vacate on receipt of notice. As to the rent, you do not supply sufficient information as to values to enable mc to help you. See the Labour Department in this connection. WEATHER PROOF.—Your only remedy is! to leave. HARD UP.—Tour landlady is within her rights. She need not necessarily merely hold tbe furniture. She may sell it to pay rent. You must make the best bargain you can. J