HUNTER WILL CASE

Grey River Argus, 20 June 1933, Page 5

HUNTER WILL CASE

Widow’s New Suit AGAINST RECENT DECISION. (pe r Press Association) WELLINGTON, June 19. .Another phase of the now famous ! Hunter family litigation is to eonio before the .Court oJ' Appeal on June When tlie ease was called by the | Registrar of the Court of Appeal this morning, for the purpose of appoint , rug the fixture for hearing. Lady Hunter, who was sitting in the back of the Court, rose and coming forward said she would be arguing the appeal herself in person. At her request. the fixture "was made for June 28. It is understood that the proceedings involve an appeal from an order of Mr Justice Blair, made in November last, when lie dismissed an application brought by Lady Hunter for a variation in her favour, of the previous order made by the samo judge in June 1932,. under the Family Prolection Act, granting: Lady Hunter an allowance of £4OO per annum out of the capital. Whilst the appearance of a -woman litigant to argue her own suit in any Court is most unusual, Lady Hunter’s intended action will be still more Enquiries mado from Court officials elicited that to the best of their knowledge, this would be the first ease in New Zealand where a woman itignnt has appeared before the Court of Appeal. At the same time, it is recollected that recently a Canadian woman litigant appeared before tlie Privy Council, and prosecuted successfully an appeal from the Canadian Courts. | A PRECEDENT EOR N.Z. WELLINGTON, June 19. Conducting her suit in person, Lady Hunter, a.t the coming sitting of the Court of Appeal, will appeal against the order made by Mr Justice Blair in November last, dismissing the application she made under the Family Protection Act for maintenance out of the estate of her late husband, Sir Geo. Hunter. A Wellington barrister of long standing commented to-day that, to his knowledge, a woman had not conducted her own case in the . New Zealand Court of Appeal, but he understood that it was not wholly unknown in England.