LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 262, 5 November 1931, Page 20

LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

(By BARRISTER AT LAW.)

[Letters of inquiry "will be answered eTery week in this column. As 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.]

VERY WET. —Your remedy is against your neighbour, whose actions have caused the damage to your property. FED UP.—lf the noise Is such that U constitutes a nuisance you may obtain relief. In deciding whether the noise is & nuisance you have to consider whether an ordinary man, and not a highly-strung man, would consider it unreasonable. TWO TAXES.—(I) Yon will pay unemployment tax on .two-thirds of £162. You will not pay income tax. (2) Income tax is payable on all incomes in excess of £260 per year, unless, of course, any of the special exemptions apply. GRATEFUL.—The tax is levied on net income. You may deduct the rent paid for your business premises. EXPRESS.—The carrier is liable. G.A.G.—Your letter does not disclose that you are entitled to relief. Apply to the Labour Department. BAFFLED.—You are liable for the quarterly levy of 5/ and to a tax of threepence in the pound on two-thirds of £320, and also to income tax, but the latter will be very small. OPPRESSED. —You are liable to the levy and tax unless you obtain exemption. READER.—You should at once give notice of the accident to your employer. Any claim must be commenced within six months. You should see your solicitor at once. ILL HEALTH. —You are not liable to income tax, but are liable for the charge of threepence in the pound on two-thirds of your income from sources other than wages; that is on the Interest earned by your bank deposits and the income from the estate. INCOME TAX.—You should send in a return of your income every year, although you are not liable to the tax. Unemployment tax at the rate of threepence in the pound on twothirds of £194 is, however, payable. LAW.—Lawyers are paid not only for the time spent, but for their knowledge of how to do the particular work asked of them. It is probable that a fee of £3 3/ and the out-of-pocket expenses would be held to be a sufficient fee. PUZZLED.—The stamp duty is twopence if the note is due on demand and two shillings if payable in the future. ,

DOUBTFUL. —In my opinion yon are entitled to deduct the interest yon pay from the Interest you receive. As you do not mention the rate of interest on the .instalment mortgage I cannot say how much of the instalment is interest. MOTHER. —You might he able to manage with £25. SUBSCRIBER. —Your son is liable to contribute to your support. Proceedings under the Destitute Persons Act will be necessary if he will not contribute voluntarily. You 'will neod your solicitor's help. A letter from him may suffice.