THE OLDEST COURTS
The olS'esO courts in the British Empire andi without complaints of the law's delays, was claimed as the record of the City of London Courts by Captain G. S. Elliston, M.P., chairman of the Law and City Courts Committee of tho Corporation, at Painters, Hall, E.C. Captain Elliston was presiding at a presentation luncheon, to his predecessor, Mr. E. H. Anning, and said that tho City Courts existed in the days of Edward the Confessor and their jurisdiction was confirmed by William the Conqueror. Eights, and privileges of tho City Courts had been restated and renewed as recently as an Act of the present year., The fact that they enjoyed the confidence of the legal profession and the commercial community -was proved by the disposal of 66,000 cases a year. Delay in administration was said to bo a denial of justice. It was conceded that there ■was no delay or undue expense in the City Courts.
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Evening Post, Issue 25, 30 January 1935, Page 6
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159THE OLDEST COURTS Evening Post, Issue 25, 30 January 1935, Page 6
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