LAW OF DAMAGES
PROPOSED AMENDMENT CRITICISED “LITTLE PRACTICAL EFFECT” I ffv TrlPirriali- Press Aspncialjonl CHRISTCHURCH, 9th September. A statement that an alteration to the law of damages as proposed by the Attorney-General (the Hon. H. G. R. Mason) would have little practical effect. was made to-night by Mr F. W. Johnston at a meeting of the South Island Motor Union. Mr Mason said that Parliament would be asked this session to consider legislation to do away with the need for proving negligence as a basis for damages for injuries caused by motor-ears. “Juries have practically the final decision.” Mr Johnston said, "and you have only to look round at the results of cases. Only 3 or 4 per cent, of plaintiffs lose their cases when they go before a jury This alteration of the law is not going to make any difference except to barristers, and it will do them out of a job.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 11 September 1937, Page 8
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