‘HEARD TO BE DONE’
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter —Copyright) LONDON, March 14. A judge made legal history yesterday by ruling that justice must not only be done and be seen to be done—it must also be heard. Lord Denning, aged 67, altered British legal procedure in the High Court so that a deaf litigant, 72-year-old John Henry Seager, could hear proceedings with the aid of electric circuitry and amplifiers. Lord Denning and two other judges left their usual court for another room rigged with microphones where Mr Seager, an inventor ‘claiming certain rights to a metal carpet grip, could follow the case through earphones. In previous cases involving a deaf person, courts in Britain have used written notes—or shouting.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31319, 15 March 1967, Page 13
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