LAW OF DAMAGES
PROPOSED AMENDMENT
"LITTLE PRACTICAL EFFECT"
(By Telegraph—Prtss Association.)
CHRISTCHURCH, September 9.
A statement that an alteration to the law of damages as proposed by the At-torney-General (the Hon. H. G. R. Mason) would have little practical effect, was made tonight by Mr. F. w;. Johnston at a meeting- of the South Island Motor Union. Mr. Mason said that Parliament would be asked this session to consider legislation to do away with the need for proving negligence as a basis for damages for injuries caused by motor-cars. "Juries have practically, the final decision," Mr. Johnston said, "and you have only to look round at the results of cases. Only 3 or 4 per cent, of plaintiffs lose their cases when they go before a jury. This alteration of the law is not going to make any difference except to barristers, and it will do them out of a job."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 62, 10 September 1937, Page 8
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151LAW OF DAMAGES Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 62, 10 September 1937, Page 8
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