. Mr. Upjohn, K.C., .speakin» at the annual dinner of tlie Chartered Accountants' Students' Society, stated that one of th« signs oE the increasing importance of (heir work is the tendency to choose accountants rather than lawyers as arbitrators in those disputes in which the. parties concerned prefer arbitration to' the ordinary legal procedure. The question of the-Sunday opeuing'of kinomatograpli shows came up for decision before three Judges on the. technical point whether tho London.. Coimtv Council had- the lesal power .to forbid Sunday opening. The Judges held that the council was not acting illegally in placing that restriction on . licensees. They also expressed the opinion that it was not unreasonable that the Countr Council should have such a power. The magistrate, against whose order the appeal was made, had supposed' that the County Council could only make restrictions in the interest of public sofet.v' .but the Judges thought 'differently.-.""
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1042, 3 February 1911, Page 7
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