IMPERIAL COURT OF APPEAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1153, 14 June 1911, Page 7

IMPERIAL COURT OF APPEAL.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

APPOINTMENT OF OVERSEA JUDGES SOUGHT. PREMIERS' BUSY DAYS. By Telegraph—l'rqss Association— Oopyriuht London, Juiie 12. Tho Imperial Conference resumed its sittings tu-uay. Sir. Asquitli (.rrime Aiinlsierj presiueil. TJie Australian and Is'ew Zealand resolutions on tiie suuject of au imperial Appeal Court were discussed. Eventually they were withdrawn. The New Zealand motion read: — "That it has now become evident, considering the growth of population, the diversity of laws enacted by and the different public policies ali'ecting legal interpretations in his Majesty's Uversea Dominions, that no Imperial Court of Appeal can bo satisfactory which does not include judicial representatives of theso Oversea Dominions." Tho Australian motion was on similar lines. The Conference decided to leave the question in the hands of thp Imperial law-officers, ■ who will draft a scheme showing how far the present system could be altered. The scheme will be submitted when the full proceedings of the Conference are published. Discussion then took place on the Australian resolution on tho law of conspiracy— "That the members of this Conference recommend to thpir respective Governments the desirableness of submitting measures to Parliament for the prevention of acts of conspiracy to defeat or evado the laws of any other part of the Empire; that tho imperial Government make similar representations to thle Governments of India and the Crown colonies." The resolution is intended mainly to combat stowaway Chinese, but, owing to the far-reaching character of the matter, it was left to the Imperial Government to take measures to effect a remedy in the direction of Australian requirements.

THE TWO FINAL COURTS

ASSIMILATION PROMISED. (Rec. June 13, 11.20 p.m.) London, Juno 13. Speaking at the Imperial Conference, Jlr. Batchelor, Australian Minister for External Affairs, insisted ou the awkward ness of having separate final Courts of Appeal for the United Kingdom and tho Dominions, and the inconvenience of getting "a reply by a single majority judgment of tho Privy Council, instead of tho' senarato opinions of all the jndgc-s. The Lord Chancellor, Lord Loreburn, emphasised tho Government's willingness to give tho Dominions whatever sort of final Court they wonted, but declared that, tho old forms must be maintained. Tho Conference agreed that the, procedure and membership of the two Courts should bo assimilated, while, as far as possible, preserving the old names. None of the Dominions were able to sparo judges to serve as overseas members of the Privy Council. SEVENTEEN HOURS A DAY. THE PREMIERS' BUSY ROUND, (Rcc. June 13, 9.53 p.m.) London, June 13. Sir "Wilfrid Laurier, Primo Minister of Canada, has been confincd to his room with a sore throat. The other Premiers are working at least seventeen hours a day. Mr. Fisher is receiving a hundred letters and thirty callers daily. Ho has been made an honorary member of twenty-eight clubs, and his; engagements are so continuous' that it is difficult for him to find an hour for office work.