LEGAL .INQUIRY COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 217, 14 September 1939, Page 21

LEGAL .INQUIRY COLUMN.

(By BAKKISTEK 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 t in which they are received, ant] replies will be Inserted with the least possible delay. ] j

F.C.A.- Your question is imt one of law. lifts with bookmakers are not enfoneable in law courts. I am not a sufficient authority on betting to be able lo solve your problem. 1 should imagine, however, that yon are entitled to have your halt'crown put on the second horse, but that you are not entitled to have your winnings invested on any other horse. ANXIOI'S. As the law now stands, there is no mora torluin, anil you are obliged to keep your payments going or ri>k having the agreement cancelled and the car seized. There is before 1 arliaiue:ii at present a bill modifying tlie rights of vendors under hire purchase agreements, and when this is enacted it may be of some assistance to you. WOKKIKI). - (It The consumer is entitled to the discount. (2) The fact that the rent is paid in advance does cot absolve the tenant from giving proper notice to quit. (•"■) Tlw landlord is entitled to access to the pc'tniso. at reasonable times lo view I lie slate of repair. It is not reasonable for him to enter the premises when the tenant is absent, nor is he entitled to remove anything from the premises. (-1) If your tenancy is protected by the Fair Kents Act. your landlord cannot cjui pel you to give up possession in the <i renins) a noes you mention. If the premises are not protected by tile Fair licnts Act. the landlord can determine your tenancy a) any time upon giving the proper notice, but without giving any reasons. The Department of l.ahour. High Street, can advise jou whether or not your tenancy is pro tected by the Fair Items Act. •If ST UK.—(l) I'll less the apartment tha) you occupy was let between November 27. Hi:ss, and June 11. l!i:;c<. vour tenancy will not be affected by the Fair Ken-Is Act. If the Fair Rents Act applies, tiie circumstances that you mention will. I feel certain, ensure that no order for possession will be made against you. (2) If the Fair Kcnts Act does not apply, you cannot hope to defend proceedings for possession successfully, anil the most y -ti can hope for would be a short respite, perhaps a fortnight. (::> You should apply to tile State Housing Department for a State house as soon apossible. FLATTIK.— (1) If refusal of a permit is made under the by-laws you must establish that the by-law is unreasonable and therefore unenforceable before you can safely build. tine month's notice of your intention to 'oply to the Court, to challenge the refusal must be given to t lie council. Quite apart from the by-law, the council may refuse a permit if the work is likely to contravene its town planning scheme. !f the refusal is based on this ground, you may appeal to the Town Claiming Hoard. (2> You will be prosocutid. If your defence that the by-law is unreasonable fails, you may have to demolish your building.