KING'S COUNSEL.

Feilding Star, 8 June 1907, Page 4

KING'S COUNSEL.

. « ._ _ * £ (Post.) \j THE APPOINTEES. * MR F. H. D. BELL, B.A. Mr F. H. D. Bell, who was born in 1851, is the eldest son of the Hon. Sir Frances Dillon Bell. Mr Bell was educated first at the Dunedin High School, and completed his education at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he gained his degree in 1872. x The following year he wa3 called to the »ar at Middle Temple, and on returning to the colony was admitted a barrister y and solicitor of the Supreme VCottrt of New Zealand. In 1874 W^joined Mr C. B. Izard, under the style of Izard and Bell, in what was at that time a wellestablished business. Mr Bell was not long in making a name for himself as an able lawyer. The formation of the Law Reporting Council was promoted mainly by Mr Bell and his friend, and late Mr W. r Fitzgerald. After a partnership extending over nearly twenty years the firm of Izard and Bell was dissolved, Mr Izard retiring from practice, and Mr Bell becoming senior partner in the firm of Bell, Gully and Izard (now Bell, Gully, 801 l and Myers). Outside the legal profession Mr Bell has led an active life. Ho has served the public in the House of Representatives, and there is no better friend of all kinds of amateur sport in the community. As a citizen, with a due regard for the welfare of this city, he has also taken an active part in every thing appertaining to the welfare of the community. MR MARTIN CHAPMAN. Mr Chapman, senior partner in the firm of Chapman and Tripp, was born in Wellington in the year 1846, and is a son of the late Mr Justice Chapman. His preliminary education was gained in Melbourne, from whence he went to London for its completion. In 1871 he was called to the Bar of the Inner Temple. After this he remained in"'Lpn'don practising his profession, as a barrister until 1875, when he returned to the colony and was admitted a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court. Mr Chapman then entered into practice in Wellington, and after a few years was joined by the late Mr Wm. Fitzgerald. On the death of Mr Fitzgerald, Mr Chapman succeeded to the editorship of the New Zealand Law Reports. Some time afterwards Mr Chapman was joined by Mr Tripp. He is close identified with the New Zealand and Wellington^Law Societies, and in 1882 was chosen as secretary of the Law Procedure Commission. -In public affairs Mr Chapman has seen service in the City Council, and in many other ways has identified himself with the progress of eWllington. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL. The Hon. Dr. Findlay is still a comparatively young man, having been born at Dunedin in 1862, and has for some time enjoyed the reputation of being a brilliant writer and speaker, and one of the foremost lawyers in the col&ny. He was educated at Scott's Academy, Hokitika, and matriculated in^UßßlXoommencing the study of law at &ie Otago University, where he took liis Jjh\B. degree in 1886. The following ' year he was called to the Bar* and, in parnership with Mr F. G. Dalziell, commenced the practice of his profession at Palmerston South. In 1893 he took his LL.D. degree, and a year or so later was appointed lecturer in political science at Otago University. Until 1894 he practised in Dunedin, and then came to Wellington and entered into partnership with Sir Robert Stout. After Sir Robert Stout was appointed Chief Justice in 1899, Dr. Findlay again entered into parenership with Mr F. G. Dalziell, and two years ago his brother, Mr D. M. Findlay also joined the firm. Before the establishment of Victoria College Dr. Findlay conducted a series of lectures in political science for the benefit of law students, and he has been on the council of Victoria College almost from the time it was established. THE HON. J. A. TOLE, 8.A., LL.B. The Hon. J. A. Tole (who was Minister for Justice in the Stout- Vogel Government from 1884 to 1887) was born in Yorkshire, but when quite a young lad came with his parents to _ Auckland. \There he received his primary education. His university training was don© at St. John's College, Sydney, NeW'*South Wales. He graduated B.A. ik_±B6B, and entered the employ of one' of , the most brilliant men of the Australian Bar, the late Hon. Edward Butler, Q.C., who was several times Attorney-General of New South Wales. Mr Tole was admitted to the Bar in 1871. Later he obtained his LL.B. degree, and he was admitted to the practice of his profession in New Zealand in 1872. Mr Tole has been a member of the House of Representatives, and is actively identified . with the administration of public affairs in Auckland. MR F. E. BAUME. Mr Baume is a native of Auckland, lor which city he holds a brief in the House of Representatives. He received his early education . at the Auckland and Dunedin High Schools, # and afterwards attended^ the univer-' sities of Auckland and Otego. He was admitted a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of -New Zealand at Dunedin in 1884, and took the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1890, in Auckland, where he has practised his profession since 18S7. Mr Baume is & member of the council of the Auckland Law Society, and is one of tho law examiners of the New Zealand University. Mil STRINGER. • Mr Stringer is a partner in the firm of Stringer and Cresswell, Christchurch, which^ v a^ -''established as far back as \L879l • Mr Stringer is Crown Proscc%tor/ r and is hold in the highest esteem by the profession iv Canterbury. MR S. SOLOMON. Mr Saul Solomon was born in Melbourne, Victoria, .in 1857. lie was educated at the Dunedin High School and .the Otago University, and was admitted a barrister and splicior of the Supreme Court in 1879. As a pleader Mr Solomon has achieved a high reputation, r ' MR C. P. SKERRETT. Mr Skerrefct was born and educated in Wellington. He was first articled to the firm of Messrs Bell, Gully and Izardr-jmd was admitted to the praetip6 of his profession in 1885. In 1887 Mr Skerrett became a member of the firm of Messrs Brown, .Skerrett. 'and jDean, but retired in 1893, whenire' became senior partner in the Ibmbf Skerrett and Wylie. Mr Skerre"tt is looked upon as one of the ablest members of the New Zealand Bar, and a few months ago, when the Native Land Commission commenced its labours, was choson by the Government to specially represent the natives of the colony before the commission. MR J. H. HOSKINGS. Mr Hoskings, who is a member of the firm of Kenyon and Hoskings, lias been recognised as one of Dunedin's foremost barristers and solicitors for many years. .He is a- native of Auckland, graduated there, and practised his profession in the North for some years before going to Dunediu. MR J. I. JOINT. Mr J. I. Joynt is one of the oldest barristers and solicitors in Chnstchuroh, where he has pract<<3il f « r very many years. Latterly he- has not been so prominent in legal circles j as he was in |ormeF years, but he is generally recog_nised-3as a man of undoubted standifcg^in his profassbn, and one who has thoroughly earned the distinction whicn has oow buen oonferred on him;