LANG-WILLIS CASE
Leave to Appeal Granted SYDNEY, April 5. The High Court granted Mr J. T. Lang leave to appeal against the judgment in the Willis case by the Full Court. The .Full Court, by a majority, granted the application of Mr A. C. Willis for a new trial u) Ins action for alleged defamation against the former Premier of New South Wales. Mr J. T. Lang The case was heard last September, when the jury returned a verdict in favour of Mr Lang, against whom £‘20,000 damages had been claimed.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 96, 6 April 1934, Page 9
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