£.S.D. OF LAWSUITS.
Recent important lawsuits, notably the famous Russell divorce case, have shown what many people still do not realise, namely, that it is not only counsel’s fees that make litigation costly. For example; shorthand notes and their transcription add hundreds of pounds to the bill of costs in a big case, while printing means hundreds more. When a case is heard before a special jury, each member of the jury receives a guinea. If the case seems likely to be a long one, the foreman of the jury will hint at extra remuneration. Each member then gets a «niinea a day, instead of a guinea for the whole case. In a protracted case this may mean £IOO or more going on the bill.
In, addition, there may be. the cost, of bringing special exhibits to the court. In one famous case a wireless installation was fitted up in the Law Courts in London, with aerials on the clock tower. This alone is said to have involved an expenditure of over £2OO.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 29 November 1924, Page 13
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