PORTIA'S PLEA.
WOMAN STUDENT AND JUDGE.
A woman law student, Dr. Marjorie Harcourt, M.D., recently asked Mr. Justice Darling and Mr. Justice Sankey, in a King's Bench Divisional Court, t# set aside three judgments of Judge Bacon, relating to claims for possession of a house. In reply to Mr. Justice Darling she stated that she was a second-year law student, and a member of the Middle Temple. Mr. Justice Darling: In yonr second year you may have got as far as a Rule, which is called a conditional order in the booka. Tn the third year you will find that it ia made absolute. Dr. Harcourt: I know that by statute I am protected. No judge has any ris:ht to diverge one hairbreadth from the statutes.
Mr. Justice Darling: No, not one. I must tell you, a S you are only a student, that the proper procedure is for you to enter notice of appeal against tho three judgment*, and if you are out of time yon must apply for an extension. After thanking the Court the applicant withdrew.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17895, 24 September 1921, Page 2 (Supplement)
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179PORTIA'S PLEA. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17895, 24 September 1921, Page 2 (Supplement)
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