SHIPOWNERS' CLAIM.
RETURN OF COMMISSION. REBUTTED BY APPEAL COURT*: (ecei'ved 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, July 30. The Appeal Court upheld the Crown's appeal against Mr Justice Avory's desision in the Brocklebanks*' claim, the Judge awarding £34,920, holding that the petition of right was barred" by the Indemnity Act 1920 by reason of lapse of time.—A. and N.Z.
Mr Justice Aveiy, in the King's Bench on January 14. upheld the claim by Messrs Brocklebanks, shipowners; for the return from the Crown of £34,920, paid in 1919 to the Shipping Controller, who demanded payment of 15 per cent to the Government as a condition to permitting Messrs Brocklebanks to sell a ship to' an Italian firm for £240,000. Mr Justice Avery held that the condition was outside the Shipping Controller's powers, and that it was levying money for the use of tho Crown without Parliament's sanction. A stay of execution was granted in view of an appeal, as similar claims were pending.
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Northern Advocate, 1 August 1924, Page 5
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