LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume LVXIII, Issue 53, 4 March 1937, Page 26

LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

(By BARRISTER-AT-LAW.) [Letters of inquiry will be anawered every week in this column. A* 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. ] PUZZLED BOSS.—The girl having left (as it turn!* out, permanently), there is ni) obligation to pay for the holiday. O.A.l , . —There is no further pension that you or your wife can obtain. 0.A.1 , .—(1) Unless there is a special arrangement to ihe contrary you are under no obligation to the unsuccessful tenderers for their trouble in tendering. (2) You need not insure a contractor. PIVKK.— (1) Unless the debtor has asset*, other than furniture and tools or trade, up to the value of £50, it is only a waste of money taking out a distress warrant. (•_•) The wages are so low for a man with a wife and four children to keep that I do not think a magistrate will grant any order. (3) The debtor may, of course, tile his petition In bankruptcy. Bankruptcy is intended especially for such a ease, where the debtor has a mass of debts that he cannot hope to meet. WORRIED.—In your circumstance* the tax works a hardship. You should apply for exemption, and I think it will be granted. AXXlors.—Your husband's wages are much too high to enable you to qualify for a pension. HYGIBXE.—Your neighbour may plant what he likes on his own property, except alongside the boundary, that is, within about two feet, it is far too late now to object to titt trees. The proper time for action is within six months of planting. -IlDubflesit the sanitary inspector will see that the rubbish l« cleared away if his attention is drawn to it. DISPUTE. There is nothing in your letter which suggests that you would have tn have your liiml surveyed. (2) and (3) If a pensioner has no assets except his home, he may have £.100 in the hank and still qualify for the full pension. His wife may also have iiiOO. In both cases it is taken for granted that neither hns any income apart from interest on their bank deposits. ELLA.—It certainly appears an if vou overpaid the builder, but your right to recover the money expired about live years ago. ANXIOUS.—You cannot be ejected without an order from a magistrate and if you uerenU any proceedings and explain your position and keep to your promise of paying off the old arrears as well as the present rent, you may net be ordered to leave. KERB.—You took the house as it stood and you cannot compel the landlord to spend money on further conveniences. Consequently you must cease using the car or comply witn Uit c Hindi's requirements. Possibly v,our if "he'Ts 1, make * toin *' J-A. —If no fee was agreed on you must pay a reasonable fee. What Is reasonable depends nn what was done It would cost you at least as much Aβ you gave to defend the claim. TENANT—(2) The tenant has no legal right to charge for cleaning the house (3) The landlord may make-any bargain he likes with the tenant of "a new house. If you do not like his terms your only remedy is not to take the house. O.Z.X. —You are not entitled to the widow's pension unless you have children under the age of If.. DRAIN'S.—Your surmise is not correct. You can be compelled to pay your share of the cost. : COMI'O. —Provided the injury arose out of and in the course of your employment you will be entitled to compensation amounting to two-thirds of your ordinary weekly wage. The essential point is whether you were employed to do the work that you were do'ing when you were injured. Your letter does not make this clear. . HOUSE.—You should make n will leaving the property to the child. That is the cheapest way of all. PENSION.—You are no longer entitled to the widow's pension, as your children are now all over the age of Iβ. ACME,—If, as seems likely, your injuries incapacitated you ..from working,' you • should apply for the invalidity pension. Forms may be obtained at your post office or from the Registrar of i Pensions, Auckland.

TENANT.—(I) Unless lie so agrees, the landlord is not bound to do anything to the house after you have agreed to take it.

DAVIDSON.—You may cut the branches back to the boundary line.

XEMO.-(1) It is worth while making a will. (2) If the son dies the whole of his estate will belong to hie. father.

OLD IRELAND.—You appear to be entitled to an old age penelon of about £45 per year.