PRIVY COUNCIL.
BUCKLEY (ATTORNEY - GENERAL) v. EDWARDS. VERDICT FOR THE PLAINTIFF. The Government received a cable message from the Agent-General yesterday afternoon, stating that the appeal had been allowed, the Court holding that Judges can only be appointed for whom salary is fixed by law. No costs on either side. London, May 23. The Times, commenting on the decision of the Privy Council in the Buckley v. Edwards case, says had the Judges disallowed the appeal a disastrous blow would have been inflicted on the independence of the judiciary in New Zealand.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1056, 26 May 1892, Page 33
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