QUESTION OF STATUS
SUPREME COURT JUDGES LAW SOCIETY RESOLUTIONS (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Dec. 20. The following motions were passed by the council of the New Zealand Law Society at a recent meeting: “That the council of the New Zealand Law Society make representation to the Government expressing disapproval of the growing practice of conferring by statute the status of Supreme Court judge upon persons appointed to preside over courts or tribunals other than the Supreme Court ns«the council is of the opinion ttat sum practice results in a lowering of the prestige and dignity which should attach to the office of Supreme Court judge.’* “That the council make representation to the Government with a view to obtaining a proper differentation in salary between judges of the Supreme Court and other persons who hold some office to which the status of Supreme Court judge has been attached by statute.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22210, 21 December 1946, Page 2
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