PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE.
OBSEBVATIONS FROM BENCH.
[BT mXGBAJ'H.— PBES3 ASSOCIATION.] I' Wellington, Monday. •' ; Dm.NG the bearing of a small native case % in the Appeal Court, a discussion took % place on the subject of costs. Mr. Jusfr tice Edwards said ho did not think that i, the Pub'ic Trustee was entitled to any |« «osti where lie appeared by ,his office | solicitor, and that he ought in such a case to lc considered as appearing in person. The Judge further expressed the opinion that the Public Trust Department H should not carry on a legal bureau for jßwhich there was no statutory authority, c&d tjiat the practice should be diaH coaraged. ' y* v Mr. Justice Hosking said that costs H'&ould not be allowed to a public trustee ; [sere tie office solicitor appeared unless . each costs became,part of the estate con* ■V: censing which proceedings were taken, and tiev should not bu paid into the common '■■■iwi of the Public Trust Office to swell |I|fei profit* of that' institution; ■ ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 156, 30 June 1914, Page 7
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