SLANDER ACTION.
SIMPSON v* SUTHERLAND. LONDON, June 6. The case in which Mr Ernest Simpson is proceeding against Mrs Arthur Sutherland, wife of Lieut.-Colonel A. H C Sutherland alleging slander, lias been restored to the current jury list.
The case was struck off Ibe list of special jury cases in April and mat ked “remanent.” The suit resulted lront a remark allegedly made by Mrs Sutherland and overheard by Mr Simpson’s sister, Mrs Peter* Kerr Smiley, at a London luncheon party, as follows:—. “Simpson, was well paid for permitting the divorce to go through.” It was understood, stated the Central News Agency recently,- that England’s most successful barrister, Sir Patrick Hast ings, K.C., had been briefed by Airs Sutherland. Mr Reginald Vaughan would represent Mr Simpson.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 159, 7 June 1937, Page 7
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126SLANDER ACTION. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 159, 7 June 1937, Page 7
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