PEACE RESTORED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 124, 27 May 1932, Page 7

PEACE RESTORED.

BRITISH BENCH.

Judge McCardie Defers to Master of the Rolls.

NOTES OF APPEAL CASES,

(United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, May 26. In taking his seat in the Court of Appeal, the Master of the Rolls, Lord Hanworth, declared: "As President of the Court, and with the approval of my colleagues, I desire to reaffirm the duties of judges to conform with the tradition and practice of taking notes necessary to enable a case to be laid properly and sufficiently before the Higher Court.

"A breach of the tradition would be a serious inroad on the right of suitors desiring- cases to be heard before a higher tribunal, and without such assistance from the Court of Appeal suitors would be placed at a serious disadvantage."

Resuming his seat on the Bench, Mr. Justice McCardie said: "In deference to the Master of the Rolls, I deem it my duty loyally to follow his request. Therefore, if an appeal is heard on this or subsequent cases I will supply a copy of my notes in accordance with existing practice. The interests of litigants must be considered apart from other matters."

Mr. Justice McCardie caused a sensation on Tuesday by rebuking Mr. Justice Scrutton, a Lord Justice of Appeal, for tlie latter'e deprecatory remarks when reversing a judgment of Mr. Justice McCardie. "Before this case begins," said the bachelor judge, "I wish to say that in the event of an appeal I shall not supply a copy of my notes until I am satisfied that Mr. Justice Scrutton will not be a member of the Appeal Court. I regret that it has become my duty to administer this public rebuke to Mr. Justice Scrutton."