LEGAL INQUIRY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 135, 9 June 1926, Page 11

LEGAL INQUIRY.

(By A BABBISTER-AT-LAW.)

Letters of inquiry will be answered every week in this enlnmn. As far as Dosslble they will be dealt with in the order la which they are received, and replies will De inserted with tae least possible delay.

C.C. —You wou'.d appear to have a good claim ca the council. BIHKDALE. —The fathers name can be registered with his consent. The cost is only a few shillings. INQUIRER. —Personal r»:-e or advantage sained from using the patent amounts to an infringement. Bona fide experimenters do not, however, make themsMves liable for infringement. INTEGRITY.—I can quite understand your feelings. You should consider hnw much thieving goes on and how difficult it Is to trace it The most clever thieves are often the least guspected, and it is only by following np every suspect that results are obtained. In the interests of the public we all have to put up ■with inconveniences. Ton have no legal remedy, as you consented to the search being made. A.B-—Your letter does not disclose any srroond on which you could take action. I The mere fact that you did not zrt i the best of the bargain does not entitle yon to damages. J.P. (Arch Hill). —On the facts stated in your letter you cannot be mmp*'.'. , ' to pay anything, tbousrh If j-mi hi* , * pained anything you may v-! ;■ ':iT:y make a contribution. J.M.C.—You are not enti:>J to as the injury was uot <ine to negligence. PROCURATION. —Tt was quite lepal to charge a procuration fee. It is '^ An( , nature of a commission for work done, it Is proved, bat an j=. fl^_ raise a loan for yoc- ; weeks in advance.